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Return of Defar at Great Manchester Run, from EME News

Larry EderbyLarry Eder
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Return of Defar


MANCHESTER (GBR): The Great Manchester Run 10km (IAAF Gold Label) takes place on Sunday with a fantastic women’s race in store. Track star Meseret Defar will make her comeback after maternity leave in a race that also includes global marathon champions Tiki Gelana and Edna Kiplagat. Kiplagat is the fastest of the three, with a 31:18 best from 2010. Defar only has one 10 km to her name. She had been originally set to make her return at the Boston Indoor Grand Prix, but didn’t compete in the end. Gelana has shown the best form this year, running 2:24:26 for third at the Tokyo Marathon, her best performance since 2012. However, it may not necessarily be an African affair as European 10,000m champion Jo Pavey and Gemma Steel will provide a strong British challenge. Both are well versed over 10km, Pavey with a 31:47 best set in 2007 and Steel with a 31:27 best, set in 2014. The men’s race is fronted by former marathon world record holder Wilson Kipsang of Kenya, who finished runner-up in last year’s race. On that occasion he was beaten by Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele. This time his Ethiopian rival will be Haile Gebrselassie who is aiming for his sixth victory, with his last title coming in 2012. Stepping up in distance for his first road 10km is the USA’s Bernard Lagat. Last year’s third placer, Stephen Mokoka of South Africa and 10km world record holder Leonard Komon of Kenya provide further depth at the head of the field.

(Editor’s note: Fantastic fields on the Manchester 10k! Meseret Defar, Tiki Gelana, Jo Pavey and Gemma Steel on the women sides. In the Men’s 10k, Haile Gebrselassie, Wilson Kipsang, fresh off his London second place, Stephen Sambu, and Bernard Lagat! Should be a lot of fun!)

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    Larry Eder

    Larry Eder has had a 50-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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