Europe 1 with AFP 1:00 p.m., October 17, 2021, modified at 1:01 p.m., October 17, 2021
The Kenyan Elisha Rotich, 31, won the 44th edition of the Paris marathon in 2:04:23 and smashes the record held until then by the Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele in 2014. Among women, the Ethiopian Tigist Memuye is finished first in 2h26'12 ".
The Kenyan Elisha Rotich, 31, won the Paris marathon on Sunday under a bright sun, in 2 hours 04 minutes and 23 seconds, while in the ladies it was the Ethiopian Tigist Memuye who won the race, in the absence of the big names in the discipline.
Thanks to this time, Rotich improves the record of the Parisian event, held since 2014 by the Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele (2h05'04 ").
Thirty months after its last edition
Ethiopian Hailemaryam Kiros and fellow Kenyan Hillary Kipsambu finished second and third, 19 and 21 seconds behind the winner, respectively.
Among the ladies, a trio of Ethiopians took the podium in a pocket handkerchief, Tigist Memuye leading in 2 hours 26 minutes and 12 seconds, ahead of Yenenesh Dinkesa (2h26'15 ") and Fantu Jimma (2h26 ' 22 ").
Thirty months after its last edition in April 2019, with two postponements and one cancellation in 2020, then a date set for the fall rather than the spring in 2021, the Parisian event has allowed tens of thousands of fans to return to the Parisian asphalt, subject to presenting a sanitary pass and wearing a mask in the starting area.