Demise sets Paris Marathon course record, Crippa wins men’s race

Shure Demise Smashes Paris Marathon Course Record as Crippa Claims Men’s Title

Ethiopia’s Shure Demise delivered a commanding performance on the streets of Paris on Sunday, winning the women’s race at the Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris in a personal-best and course-record time of 2 hours, 18 minutes and 34 seconds. Italy’s Yemaneberhan Crippa took the men’s title in 2:05:18 as nearly 60,000 runners filled the French capital for one of the world’s largest marathons.wsls

Demise Shatters Women’s Mark

Demise, 30, shaved more than a minute off the previous women’s course record of 2:19:48, set by Kenya’s Judith Jeptum Korir in 2022. The Ethiopian reached the finish on Avenue Foch opposite the Arc de Triomphe well clear of compatriot Misgane Alemayehu, who clocked 2:19:08 for second place, and Kenya’s Magdalyne Masai, who rounded out the podium in 2:19:17.espn

The victory represents a major breakthrough for Demise, whose previous marathon best stood at 2:20:59. She enters elite company in a women’s marathon landscape reshaped by the absence of world record holder Ruth Chepngetich, the Kenyan who ran 2:09:56 at the 2024 Chicago Marathon but is currently serving a three-year doping ban after testing positive for the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide in March 2025. Chepngetich’s suspension runs through April 2028.runnersworld

Crippa Edges Tight Men’s Field

In the men’s race, Crippa — born in Ethiopia and raised in Italy — passed through halfway in 1:03:14 before pulling away to win in a personal-best 2:05:18, though he fell short of the course record of 2:04:21 set by Kenya’s Elisha Rotich in 2021. Ethiopia’s Bayelign Teshager finished five seconds back in 2:05:23, with Kenya’s Sila Kiptoo completing the top three in 2:05:28. Just 10 seconds separated the podium finishers in what the official race organizers described as an intense battle through the final kilometers.schneiderelectricparismarathon

A Record Day in Paris

The race drew its largest-ever field, with the official Paris Marathon website confirming approximately 60,000 participants on a course that winds from the Champs-Élysées past landmarks including the Bastille and the Bois de Vincennes before finishing near the Arc de Triomphe. Demise’s course record capped a strong season for Ethiopian distance running in Paris, following Ftaw Zeray’s women’s course record at the Paris Half Marathon in March.flawlessrun