Ethiopian athletes dominated their race on Sunday with convincing victories over 10km.
Medina Eisa, who is the world under-20 5000m champion, clocked 30:42 in the women’s race. Emily Sisson of the United States finished runner-up in 31:03 as she came through strongly in the latter stages to pass Gotytom Gebreslase of Ethiopia (31:11) and Hellen Obiri of Kenya (31:16), who finished third and fourth, respectively.
First Brit home was Amy-Eloise Neale with 31:37, followed by Dominique Scott of South Africa (32:05) and Britain’s Verity Ockenden (32:21).
Women 10km winners pic via- Great Run
Solomon Barega won the men’s race in 27:49.
“I’m really happy with that run,” said Barega, who is now stepping onto the roads after a successful track career that included winning Olympic 10,000m gold in 2021. “But the marathon is very different from 10km, so let’s see.”
Solomon last won the 10 km road race 8 years ago when he won the Great Ethiopian Run in 28:37.
Santiago Catrofe of Uruguay was runner-up in 27:52 with Vincent Ngetich, the 2024 Great Manchester Run winner from Kenya, third in 27:58.
Mosinet Geremew of Ethiopia finished fourth in 28:21, just ahead of Britain’s Alfie Manthorpe, who continued his fine improvement as he clocked 28:22, just ahead of Australian Brett Robinson, who was sixth in 28:27.
Men 10km winners- pic via Great Run
Final Results
Women
1 Medina Eisa (ETH) 30:42
2 Emily Sisson (USA) 31:03
3 Gotytom Gebreslase (ETH) 31:11
Men
1 Selemon Barega (ETH) 27:49
2 Santiago Catrofe (URU) 27:52
3 Vincent Ngetich (KEN) 27:58
4 Mosinet Geremew (ETH) 28:21
