Ethiopia's Abrha Milaw and Gelete Burka celebrate their victories in the Paris marathonEthiopian Abrha Milaw upstaged two-time defending champion Paul Lonyangata to win the Paris Marathon on Sunday. Gelete Burka produced a spurt of extra gas in the final kilometre to ensure an Ethiopian winner in the women's race with a time of 2:22:48. France's Clemence Calvin, who was only cleared to race on Friday after the last-minute lifting of a temporary ban for evading a doping test last month in Morocco, smashed the French women's record. Calvin finished fourth in 2:23:41, bettering by 41 seconds the previous national record set by Christelle Daunay in 2010. Ethiopia's Abrha Milaw and Gelete Burka celebrate their victories in the Paris marathon

Source: Ethiopian News April 14, 2019 09:22 UTC