Bekele Takes Victory at Great Manchester Run

Sunday, 18 May 2014

Ethiopia's running legend, Kenenisa Bekele, battled off Kenya´s Wilson Kipsang to take victory at the Great Manchester Run on Sunday, May 18.

The world record holder and Olympic champion in 5,000m and 10,000m, Bekele, clocked 28:23 over a 10km course, while marathon world record holder Kipsang of Kenya was 5 seconds back.

The women's race title claimed world and Olympic 10,000m champion Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia, who took a confident victory clocking 31:09. Great Britain's Gemma Steel took second almost one minute behind the winner.

Men Top 10 Results

Pos	Name	Finish Time
1	KENENISA BEKELE	00:28:23
2	WILSON KIPSANG	00:28:28
3	STEPHEN MOKOKA	00:29:11
4	AYAD LAMDASSEM	00:29:17
5	ABDELLATIF MEFTAH	00:29:18
6	NICK MCCORMICK	00:29:21
7	JAVIER GUERRA	00:29:33
8	RICARDO RIBAS	00:29:37
9	MARCIN CHABOWSKI	00:29:42
10	DARREN DEED	00:30:05

Women Top 10 Results

Pos	Name	Finish Time
1	TIRUNESH DIBABA	00:31:09
2	GEMMA STEEL	00:32:10
3	POLLINE WANJIKU	00:32:10
4	CHRISTELLE DAUNAY	00:32:20
5	ANA DULCE FELIX	00:32:54
6	HELEN CLITHEROE	00:33:21
7	SUSAN PARTRIDGE	00:33:27
8	ALESSANDRA AGUILAR	00:33:31
9	TISH JONES	00:33:31
10	DOMINIKA NOWAKOWSKA	00:33:41

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