Kenenisa Bekele threw down the gauntlet
to Mo Farah by winning the Paris Marathon on his debut at the distance in
2:05.04.
The Ethiopian broke the course record
to win comfortably in the French capital on Sunday, just a week before Farah is
set to make his much-anticipated marathon debut in London.
It was the sixth-fastest marathon debut
of all time and the quickest ever by an athlete over 30 years of age.
Bekele, 31, was the first man to do the
‘double double’ - the quadruple of world and Olympic 5000 metres and 10,000m
titles that Farah achieved in his absence in 2012 and 2013 - and also beat the
Briton in the Great North Run last September after a long injury lay-off.
The three-time Olympic champion
experienced cramp in his hamstring with less than five miles to go in Paris,
but still finished in 2:05.04 - significantly quicker than Steve Jones’ 1985
British record of 2:07.13 that Farah is targeting in London next week.
SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL
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