Kenya's Paul Lonyangata celebrates as he places first in the Men's Group during the 42nd edition of the Paris Marathon on April 8, 2018 in Paris. / AFP PHOTOShanghai marathon champion Paul Lonyangata is focused on his training and hopeful to be fit for the Paris marathon, which has been pushed back to October 18. I want to be on the podium by reclaiming the title, which I last won in 2018. Lonyangata set his best time of 2:06:10 when winning the 2017 Paris Marathon, the first of two victories in the French capital. In 2017, Lonyangata and his wife Purity Rionoripo became the first couple to win the Paris marathon.

Source: Standard Digital April 30, 2020 07:30 UTC