Please could you check this sentence 4 me?

[minnie2007]

He runs his third PARIS marathon with a time of 4h10’38’’, placing 200 in his category

[Uncle M]

You begin by using the present tense runs and then change to a past participle placed.
Use of the present tense to report an event that has already taken place is often used by English journalists. Following this style you would say:
He runs the marathon in 4 hours, taking 200th place.
If you were writing a more formal report, you would say:
He ran the marathon.....taking 200th place or
He ran the marathon.....and was placed 200th
Hope this helps.

[minnie2007]

yes it helps a lot. THanks for your help

[minnie2007]

another doubt:

if I say:

he ran the Paris marathon in four hours taking place 265th
and I want to go on saying that the following year he improoved
is it correct to write/say:

he ran the Paris Marathon in four hours taking place 265th, the following year he improoved his time of 19 minutes

thanks

[minnie2007]

maybe I should say: he improved his result of 19 minutes?
my main issue is with this "of".......

[minnie2007]

or maybe also: his result/timing was improved of 19 minutes???????

No, it does not sound..........but I guess there must be a way to put it in decent English

[Casiopea]

Try,

He ran the Paris Marathon in four hours, taking 265th place / placing 265th. The following year he improved his time by 19 minutes.

[minnie2007]

SO the magic word is BY
thanks

[Casiopea]

You're welcome.