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Cyprian Kotut set a personal best to win the 40th Paris marathon on Sunday as Kenyan runners pulled off a podium sweep amid tight security. More than 50,000 runners competed in the race, covering more than 25 miles across Paris, starting on the Champs-Elysees and finishing near the Arc de Triomphe.Safety was of major concern with thousands of armed soldiers and police patrolling the streets after terrorist attacks in the French capital killed 130 people in November. The 24-year-old Kotut, who also won the Paris half-marathon last month, completed the 42.195-kilometer (26 mile) race in two hours, seven minutes and 11 seconds to improve his personal best set last year when finishing runner-up in Milan on his debut over the distance (2:08.55).Kotut, the younger brother of three-time London Marathon winner Martin Lel, won ahead of Laban Korir and Stephen Chemlany. Competitors in the Paris Marathon run down the iconic Champs-Elysees In bright sunshine and mild temperatures, the race remained open until the final kilometers. Kotut accelerated with four kilometers to go and won alone on the Avenue Foch.Another Kenyan runner, Visiline Jepkesho, claimed the womens title, in 2:25.52. Also See: Whittingdale demands investigation Ennis-Hill may retire after Rio Air Max Plus Sale . -- Al Jefferson found a groove just in time for the Charlotte Bobcats. Vans Shoes Sale . Blackwood, 28, has played the last three seasons in the San Diego Padres system, including the past two summers with Class AA San Antonio of the Texas League. https://www.wholesaleshoesforcheap.com/vapormax-sale/ . Both players have lower body injuries that will keep them out of the lineup until at least January 31, which is the first game they can be activated from IR. Wholesale Shoes From China . Having already announced that the race will start May 9 with three stages in Northern Ireland and Ireland and finish in Trieste on June 1, the rest of the route was unveiled Monday. Wholesale Shoes Adidas . Gerald Green and Miles Plumlee? Green had bounced around the NBA when he wasnt playing overseas. The Pacers gave up on Plumlee after just one season. Now Green and Plumlee are key cogs in the Suns surprising breakout season. SNAPSHOT OF ADELAIDE V NORTH MELBOURNE ELIMINATION FINAL:* Adelaide 21.15 (141) bt North Melbourne 12.7 (79) at Adelaide Oval* Key moment: With Adelaide leading by 12 points, Crows captain Taylor Walker takes a sticky-fingered high mark early in the third term and converts the goal - the first of eight Adelaide majors in a match-winning quarter.* Key quote: Its unbelievable. Its a great win. Adelaides Eddie Betts, who kicked six goals.* Tribunal: Adelaides Kyle Hartigan is on report for tripping Lindsay Thomas and his fellow backman Daniel Talia faces scrutiny for felling Norths Drew Petrie with a forearm.dddddddddddd* Injuries: Josh Jenkins (Adelaide, ankle)* Whats next?: Adelaide play Sydney at the SCG in a semi-final while Norths season - and the careers at the club of Brent Harvey, Drew Petrie, Nick Dal Santo and Michael Firrito - end. ' ' '