Mccolgan Third In Great North Run As Chepkirui Wins

Kenya's Sheila Chepkirui claimed triumph successful nan Great North Run women's title arsenic Britain's Eilish McColgan vanished third.

The Scot trailed Chepkirui and Vivian Cheruiyot successful nan last stages and, contempt a precocious push, she grounded to overhaul nan Kenyan pair.

Chepkirui won successful 1 hr 9 minutes and 32 seconds, pinch her compatriot Cheruiyot 5 seconds down and McColgan 10 seconds adrift of nan winner.

"It was really bully but location was a batch of wind," said Chepkirui, 34.

Taking portion successful her 3rd Great North Run, McColgan was aiming to effort to emulate her mother Liz by winning nan title for a first time.

"It was reliable conditions today," said nan 34-year-old. "We had a headwind beautiful overmuch nan full title until that last mile, truthful times were benignant of retired of nan model early doors.

"We were a batch slower than we group disconnected past year. There was nary rainfall compared to past twelvemonth and nan crowds were retired successful unit truthful it was a typical day."

In nan men's race, Kenya's Alex Mutiso, 28, raced distant successful nan second stages to triumph successful 1:00.52.

Belgium's Bashir Abdi was six seconds down successful 2nd place, pinch Kenya's Abel Kipchumba - who won past year's title - 9 seconds disconnected nan victor successful third.

Ben Connor was nan highest-placed Briton successful nan men's title arsenic he came successful 4th successful 1:02.57.

Fellow Briton Sean Frame took power of nan men's wheelchair title early connected and claimed triumph successful 49:24 arsenic he added to his triumph successful 2021.

Simon Lawson vanished 2nd successful 52:38 and different Briton, Anton Shepherd, was 3rd successful 54:21.

"A spot of a headwind each nan measurement but it was an astonishing race," said Frame.

"I was 2nd past year, it didn't fuss maine that much. I conscionable focused connected this twelvemonth - putting connected nan champion capacity I could and conscionable usage my strengths - and it paid off."

Great Britain's Mel Nicholls won nan women's wheelchair title successful 1:05.24, pinch Rita Curuccu, of Italy, 2nd successful 1:22.22.

"It was truthful overmuch fun, I loved it," said Nicholls. "The upwind was crazy.

"A batch of it is uphill but it surely felt it was each uphill."