Romania’s Joan Celimo Melli won the half marathon in Paris, setting a new national record, according to the Romanian Athletics Federation.

Joan Chelimo Melly won the Paris Half Marathon with a new national record

The Dynamo Bucharest-registered athlete finished the 21.097km race from the Harmonie Mutuelle Semi de Paris with a time of 1 hour 6 minutes 58 seconds, according to organizers.

“Joan Celimo Melli, who qualified for the Olympic Games this summer, will run the marathon, won the prestigious half-marathon in Paris today, also breaking the Romanian national record in this competition,” said the club “Dinamo Bucureşti”, where the athlete is registered, who is training . Carol Santa.

According to FR Atletism, the national half-marathon record since 2006 has been held by Constantina Tomescu Dica, who finished in Chicago with a time of 1 hour, 8 minutes, 7 seconds.