SOUTH SHIELDS, England (AP) — Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia held off a late challenge from local favorite Mo Farah to win the Great North Run on Sunday in a thrilling finish.
Bekele, competing in his first competitive half marathon, made his move with less than two kilometers to go but had to fend off a charge from Farah in the last 400 meters as the British runner failed to pip his rival on the line.
Bekele won the race by one second. Fellow Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie was third.
