Kebede, Wami take Great North Run crowns

Kebede, Wami take Great North Run crowns

IAAF - October 5, 2008

A sub-60min clocking for Tsegay Kebede and an epic struggle in the women’s race between winner Gete Wami, unknown Kenyan Magdalane Mukunzi and British hope Jo Pavey were the highlights of the 28th running of the Great North Run.

It was a family affair for the two Ethiopian winners as Wami’s husband is coach to Kebede who has shot from the anonymity of gathering wood for 30cents a day to Olympic bronze and thousand-dollar paydays.

Kebede’s commanding performance, a swift 59:45, cemented his growing reputation as yet another in the long line of Ethiopian champions.

Some are already tagging him as the heir to Haile Gebrselassie and there was plenty in this performance to suggest that may well be the case. Read More.