Ethiopian athletes participated in the Schneider Electric Paris Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label road race, shine on Sunday winning gold medal in both men and women categories. In the men category Abrha Milaw finished the race at 2:07:05, while another Ethiopian Asefa Mengistu, a past winner in Seoul, Cape Town and Bloemfontein, secured the silver medal finishing 20 seconds later. For the past two consecutive rounds, Paul Lonyangata of Kenya was the winner of pairs marathon. In the women category Gelete Burka wins at 2:22:47 followed by another Ethiopian Azmera Gebru, who completed the race five seconds later. The Ethiopian athletes participated at the cross country brought home 5 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze medals, taking 1st place among 63 countries.

Source: Ethiopian News April 15, 2019 15:12 UTC