GEBRSELASSIE WINS BUPA 30TH GREAT NORTH RUN ON DEBUT - ADERE ALSO TAKES WOMEN'S TITLE FOR ETHIOPIA
Hailie Gebrselassie not only honoured 10-year-old old promise made to race chairman Brendan Foster to compete some day but he also won the Bupa 30th Great North Run with a fabulous performance on Sunday.The World’s greatest ever distance runner on a fantastic day for Ethiopia with Berhane Adere scoring a second Bupa Great North Run success, saw the superstar destroy the opposition with a rock solid victory on the half marathon trek from Newcastle to South Shields. Gebrselassie after a fast start which ignited even more when Jaouad Gharib dashed to the front and opened a 20 metres lead just