Paris half-marathon: for both men and women, the race records have fallen

In recent days, the speed in the streets of Paris has been limited to 30 km / h. The winners of the Paris half-marathon disputed this Sunday morning between the Place de la Bastille and the Bois de Vincennes after several months of absence due to the Covid pandemic did not go far from being flashed by the radars . On the men's side, the Ugandan Moses Kibet broke the event record by completing the 21.1 km in less than an hour. He covered the distance in 59′42 ′ 'at an incredible speed of 21.21 km / h on average, which corresponds to a time of 2′49 ′' per kilometer. For the average person, it's almost a sprint for a few tens of meters. The previous half-marathon record was a little less than 10 years old. In 2012, Kenyan Stanley Biwott ran in 59′44 ′ '.

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To win, Kibet had to sprint in the last few hundred meters because his main rival, the Kenyan Hillary Kipkoech arrived just 2 seconds behind him in 59′'44, the equivalent of the previous record in the streets of Paris. .

Behind the Kenyan Justus Kangogo (1h01 ′), note the very big performance of the French Florian Carvalho.

The Seine-et-Marnais, a former 1,500m specialist converted to the road, took fourth place in the event in 1:01:05 ′ '.

In the ladies too, the record fell.

Kenyan Betty Lempus arrived at Place de la Bastille 1h 05 ′ 46 ′ 'after her departure.

Here too, the previous women's record dated from 2012 and it was held by Pauline Njeri (Kenya) in 1h7′55 ′ '.

Lempus beat her compatriot Jackline Chepngeno and the Frenchwoman Mathilde Le Dantec who finished third in 1:14:55 at an average of 16.9km / h.

25,000 runners took part in this half-marathon while respecting health rules.

All had to present a health pass to go to the starting line.

Departures were spaced over three hours between 8:30 am and 11:30 am to avoid excessive regrouping.

The last runners arrived around 2 p.m., proud of having won their bet.