2018 Glasgow Diary: Mare Dibaba gets Great Scottish Run victory

Mare Dibaba winning Beijing 2015, photo by PhotoRun.net

Mare Dibaba gets Great Scottish Run

GLASGOW (GBR, Sep 30): Former world marathon champion Mare Dibaba from Ethiopia won the half marathon title at the Great Scottish Run in 69:15 ahead of the Frankfurt Marathon next month. Reigning world marathon champion Rose Chelimo from Bahrain was second in 70:07 with the United States’ Alia Gray third in 73:32. Chris Thompson took a gun-to-tape win in the men’s race in 62:07 to defend his title ahead of Poland’s Marcin Chabowski (62:24). Wins for Adam Craig (29:43) and Gemma Steel (34:00) in the 10km.

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What a win! With a time of 1:02:07 Chris Thompson smashed the half marathon in Glasgow. Congrats, @thommo26.2 ðŸ’ªðŸ¼ #GreatScottishRun #OnRunning
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