Over 3,600 runners lined as much as face off in opposition to the marathon world report holder and working legend Eliud Kipchoge in a 5K highway race on the Champs Élysées avenue within the coronary heart of Paris. One-thousand runners managed to cross the end line forward of Kipchoge, who began the race with a time handicap.
The runners who beat Kipchoge gained a ticket to the unofficial Paris Olympic marathon in 2024, which is able to happen on the identical day because the Olympic race, after the elite race. This can mark the primary time a public marathon might be hosted on the identical day and course because the Olympic race.
An amazing pleasure with all runners on the Champs-Élysées in Paris this morning. It was so good to fulfill you all on the best way, and for those I didn’t see: many congratulations together with your bib for the 2024 Paris Marathon Pour Tous.@Paris2024 @NNRunningTeam pic.twitter.com/LYhoue0amN
— Eliud Kipchoge – EGH🇰🇪 (@EliudKipchoge) October 31, 2021
The double Olympic marathon champion stated in a post-race media interview that “That is the primary time I’m pleased to have misplaced.” He lined the cobblestone 5K course in underneath 14 minutes. “My defeat is a victory for a number of hundred individuals whom I stay up for assembly in 2024 right here in Paris,” stated Kipchoge.
9 hundred and ninety-nine days out from the beginning of the Paris Video games, Kipchoge is uncertain if he’ll race. Earlier this 12 months, he was chosen as an envoy for the 2024 Video games.
The Paris Olympic organizing committee hopes to host one or two extra races for most people to qualify for this unique race, although no dates have been introduced.