Paris: Ethiopian Abrha Milaw upstaged two-time defending champion Paul Lonyangata to clinch the Paris Marathon men’s event here Sunday. Milaw clocked 2:07.05s, with Kenyan rival Lonyangata (2:07.29s) coming in third as 49,155 runners took to the streets of the French capital in cold, clear conditions. 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 2:22:48s. Meanwhile, France’s Clemence Calvin, who was only cleared to race 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. She finished fourth in 2:23:41s, bettering by 41 seconds the previous national record set by Christelle Daunay in 2010.

Source: Ethiopian News April 14, 2019 17:37 UTC