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Ethiopians Uma and Fikir win men’s and women’s Paris Marathon in debut run

Ethiopians Uma and Fikir win men’s and women’s Paris Marathon in debut run

In their first-ever races at the 2024 Schneider Electric Paris Marathon, which drew over 54,000 runners, Ethiopians Mestawut Fikir and Mulugeta Uma prevailed on Sunday. Fikir ran a faster sprint finish time of 2:20:45, just one minute off the race record, to defeat her Ethiopian teammate Enat Tirusew, who clocked in at 2:20:48. Finishing in…

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