April 11, 2010 — Ethiopians Tadesse Tola and Atsede Baysa won the 34th Paris marathon on Sunday.

In just his second marathon, the 22-year-old Tola was the first male runner home in 2hr 06.41min, finishing ahead of Kenyans Alfred Kering and Wilson Kipsang.

Tola left the chasing pack behind four kilometres from the finish line in the race run around the streets of central Paris.

"It's really satisfying for my second marathon," said Tola, whose previous outing saw him finish in ninth spot in 2:15.48 in last year's Chicago marathon.

"From the 38km mark, I felt great and I knew I could win it."

His time was almost a minute off the course record of 2:05.47 set last year by Kenyan Vincent Kiprop.