MANCHESTER (England): Ethiopian athletics legend Haile Gebrselassie and world silver medalist Werknesh Kidane were victorious at the Bupa Great Manchester Run here today.
This marks the third time (2005, 2009 & 2010) that Haile won the Great Manchester Run. His winning time of 28:02 seconds was just one minute shy of the world record.
Werknesh Kidane running her first big 10km race, pulled away from the group to win in 32:31.19. Ethiopia’s greatest female runner, Derartu Tulu finished in sixth behind two-time winner J. Pavey of Great Britain.
Leading Results (10Km):
Men -
1. H Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 28 minutes 2 seconds
2. A Lamdassem (Spain) 28:09
3. S Lebid (Ukraine) 28:29
Women -
1. W Kidane (Ethiopia) 31:19
2. J Augusto (Portugal) 31:47
3. I Monteiro (Portugal) 32:02
4. A Kalovics (Hungary) 32:20
5. J Pavey (GB) 32:42
6. D Tulu (Ethiopia) 32:53
Haile is is a good job by keeping high level performance for a long period of time. Should I expect you and hope for the 2012 London olympic representing Ethiopia in marathon race? You have to do something depending on the then (future) of your health and performance.