Ethiopian Deso Gelmisa wins the race for the second consecutive year

Ethiopian Deso Gelmisa won the 45th edition of the Paris marathon this Sunday, ahead of his compatriot Seifu Tura, 2nd at three seconds, and Frenchman Morhad Amdouni, 3rd, setting a new French record. “I am very happy”, soberly reacted Gelmisa, winner at the end of the 42.195 km with a time of 2 h 05 min 07 sec, ahead of Tura (2 h 05 min 10 sec), who had won the Chicago marathon in 2021, and Amdouni (2 h 05 min 22 sec).

Under the Parisian sun, the Kenyan Judith Jeptum also broke a record by dominating the women’s event. With a time of 2 h 19 min 48 sec, Jeptum improved by more than a minute the previous record for the event (2 h 20 min 55 sec) which had been established in 2017 by another Kenyan, Purity Rionoripo. Jeptum beat two Ethiopians, Fanti Jimma, 2nd (2 h 22 min 52 sec), and Besu Sado, 3rd (2 h 23 min 16 sec).

The 26-year-old Kenyan was one of the favorites for this 45th edition and had notably won the Abu Dhabi marathon in 2021.