Tirunesh Dibaba and Chris Thompson Win Great South Run

Published by Athletics Weekly on October 23, 2016

Tirunesh Dibaba was a dominant winner as she made her 10-mile debut at the Great South Run on Sunday (October 23), while Chris Thompson returned to winning ways on the roads of Portsmouth and Southsea.

Clocking 51:49, three-time Olympic gold medallist Dibaba beat her fellow Ethiopian Senbere Teferi by more than a minute on a sunny and blustery morning, while Elizeba Cherono of Netherlands claimed a second podium place just a week after her Great Birmingham Run half-marathon win.

Thompson, meanwhile, turned the tables on Andy Vernon, who had beaten him in Birmingham, clocking 47:23 to secure success ahead of his Aldershot, Farnham & District club-mate, as triathlete Matt Sharp finished third.