Kipsiro, Dibaba Prevail in Manchester 10k

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Sunday, 26 May 2013

Facing a world class field, Moses Kipsiro of Uganda won Manchester Great South Run, an IAAF World Label Road Race, on Sunday 26.

The Commonwealth 5 000m and 10 000m champion, Kipsirio, won the race in 27:52, defeating in a sprint finish worlds second best marathon runner Wilson Kipsang of kenya, who clocked 27.53. Veteran Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia, a five-time winner of the race, took third place in 28:00. The nine-time European cross country champion Sergiy Lebid of Ukraine finished fifth in 28:28.

In the women's race, five-time Olympic medallist Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia won recorded a time of 30.49min to win the race. Jelena Prokopchuka, a two time new york marathon winner took second cloking 32.21 with Chritielle Daunay in third 32.33

The Manchester leg of the annual Bupa Great Run series is one of the most prestigious 10km events on the global calendar.

Previous winners of the men's race include former world marathon record holder Paul Tergat of Kenya and five-time world half-marathon champion Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea.

Leading Results Men

pos	Name	Time
1	MOSES KIPSIRO	00:27:52
2	WILSON KIPSANG	00:27:53
3	HAILE GEBRSELASSIE	00:28:00
4	STEPHEN MOKOKA	00:28:12
5	SERGIY LEBID	00:28:28
6	SUEHIRO ISHIKAWA	00:28:56
7	JONNY MELLOR	00:29:21
8	MASAKAZU FUJIWARA	00:29:32
9	STEPHEN SCULLION	00:29:48
10	MELES OKBAZGHI	00:29:48

Leading Results Women

Pos	Name	Time
1	TIRUNESH DIBABA	00:30:49
2	JELENA PROKOPCUKA	00:32:21
3	CHRISTELLE DAUNAY	00:32:33
4	GEMMA STEEL	00:33:02
5	ALESSANDRA AGUILAR	00:33:03
6	HELEN CLITHEROE	00:33:14
7	KATIE BROUGH	00:34:03
8	ERI HAYAKAWA	00:34:12
9	SUSAN PARTRIDGE	00:34:20
10	AMANDA CROOK	00:34:23