Kenya's Judith Jeptum is the winner of this year's Paris Marathon after setting a new course record time of 2 hours, 19 minutes and 48 seconds.
Jeptum who five months ago sealed a spectacular win in Abu Dhabi braced the tough cold condition to break the record set by compatriot Purity Rionoripo in 2017 by a minute and 7 seconds
" The conditions were tough but I'm happy with what I did today," Jeptum said.
Ethiopians Fantu Jimma and Besu Sado were second and third respectively, more than three minutes off the pace.
In the men's race, Ethiopian Deso Gelmisa made a mighty run to bag the biggest title of his career.
Gelmisa covered the 42 kilometres in two hours five minutes and seven seconds - 14 seconds outside his personal best - as he finished ahead of 2021 Chicago marathon winner and compatriot Seifu Tura.
Tura finished three seconds behind the 24-year-old Gelmisa.
Morhad Amdouni finished third by setting a new record in 2:05.22, improving the mark set by Benoit Zwierzchiewski in 2003 by more than a minute.
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