There were 43 317 starters in the 40th Paris Marathon on Sunday April 3, 2016 and 41 708 crossed the finishing line ! The Winners completed the race in very competitive times.
The winner of the Men's race was Cybrian Kotut of Kenya in 2h7m11s ! All the 12 fastest men completed the course in less than 2 hours and 15 Minutes ! 10 of these men were Kenyans and two were Ethiopians.
In the Women's race, the winner was Visiline Jepkesho of Kenya in a time of 2h25m53s ! The first 5 women completed the course in less than 2hours 32 minutes and 7 seconds ! Two of these five women were from Kenya and three were Ethiopians.
These statistics come from the "L'EQUIPE" newspaper which organised the Race.
The fast times recorded by the leading finishers in this race, begs the obvious question whether, directly or indirectly, the IAAF (1) or WADA (2), performed any "surprise" Drug Control Tests on the first 10 Men and Women to pass the winning post ?
This could have been the perfect occasion for these two organisations, to announce to the World and prove to all sportsmen and women, that a new era has started in Sport .... and that Drug Cheats would no longer be "Winners" nor tolerated !
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1) IAAF = International Association of Athletics Federations.
2) WADA = World Anti Drug Agency.
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