France, April 13 -- Ethiopian runner Bedatu Hirpa won a thrilling women'sParisMarathon on Sunday while Kenyan Berard Biwott romped to a comfortable victory in the men's event.

In cool conditions, Berard Biwott claimed his second victory at the distance, dropping all of his rivals with 10 kilometres still to run and finishing in 2:05:25 - a new personal best.

It was the 22-year-old's second marathon. He won his previous outing in Frankfurt in October 2024.

Ibrahim Hassan from Djibouti, who was the only one to give chase when the Kenyan made his move, finished second in 2:06:13, ahead of another Kenyan, Sila Kiptoo.

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