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Ethiopia's Guye Adola is favourite to win Sunday's Paris Marathon which takes a very different route from that which Olympic marathon hopefuls will face in less than 500 days' time.
Trevor Hofbauer (2:11:00) and Malindi Elmore (2:25:14) won the Athletics Canada national titles in 4th and 5th place.
Barselius Kipyego (2:04:48) and defending champ Magdalyne Masai (2:22:16) lead the fields. Masai is returning from pregnancy as she and husband Jake Robertson had a son in 2020. The race will also serves as the Canada national champs.
Kwamboi ran the race of her life in Toronto, passing all of the leaders in the final 5 km of the race