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There are not many road records still standing from 2007, but one has just survived for another 12 months.
Micah Kogo&rsquo;s men&rsquo;s course record of 27:21 from that year&rsquo;s Great Manchester Run &ndash; then the seventh quickest in history but now just the 135th &ndash; is still on the books thanks to a considerable head wind in the &lsquo;back&rsquo; part of this course starting and ending in Manchester city centre.
It no doubt played a part in Selemon Barega&rsquo;s winning time of 27:49, though the difficult element didn&rsquo;t seem to bother emerging Ethiopian star Medina Eisa, who triumphed with impressive negative splits in the women&rsquo;s race in 30:42.
Eisa was part of a nine-woman group at halfway with former winners Gotytom Gebreslase and Hellen Obiri. They passed 5km in 15:36, then Eisa let rip with a 2:59 sixth kilometre. Manchester United&rsquo;s football ground Old Trafford looked down as Eisa put the opposition out of sight with a 2:58 seventh kilometre. That tempo slowed but she still continued to pull away with a 15:08 second half.
Obiri battled Gebreslase for second, but then both were closed down and passed by USA&rsquo;s Emily Sisson, who finished second in 31:03.
A lot has happened to Barega since his last road 10km race at age 17 in 2017. On that occasion he won the Great Ethiopian Run in 28:37; now he has won the &lsquo;Great&rsquo; Manchester 10km in 27:49. In the meantime, of course, he became Olympic 10,000m champion in 2021, but now his priority is road running.
The race came down to him, defending champion Vincent Ngetich and the exciting Uruguayan, Santiago Catrofe. That trio broke clear at halfway. Then, in the last kilometre, the Ethiopian showed some of the speed which took him to gold at Tokyo 2021.
Apart from the wind, conditions were perfect on a day when more than 30,000 contested waves of races at both 10km and half marathons. The starting gun was jointly fired by the 1964, 2004 and 2024 Olympic 800m champions: Ann Packer (now 83), Kelly Holmes and Keely Hodgkinson.
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Women 1 Medina Eisa (ETH) 30:42 2 Emily Sisson (USA) 31:03 3 Gotytom Gebreslase (ETH) 31:11 4 Hellen Obiri (KEN) 31:16 5 Isobel Batt-Doyle (AUS) 31:30 6 Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 31:35
Men 1 Selemon Barega (ETH) 27:49 2 Santiago Catrofe (URU) 27:52 3 Vincent Ngetich (KEN) 27:58 4 Mosinet Geremew (ETH) 28:21 5 Alfie Manthorpe (GBR) 28:22 6 Brett Robinson (AUS) 28:27

Medina Eisa (30:42) and Selemon Barega take top honours at the Great Manchester Run

Eisa and Barega secure Ethiopian double at Great Manchester Run

Italy's Massimo Stano broke the short-lived world 35km race walk record at the European Race Walking Team Championships - a World Athletics Race Walking Tour Gold meeting - in Podebrady on Sunday (18) by a massive 57 seconds.
The 2:20:43 recorded by the 2021 Olympic champion comfortably eclipsed the 2:21:40 set by Canadian Evan Dunfee in March, which in itself was seven seconds quicker than the 2:21:47 recorded by Japan's Masatora Kawano last October.
Stano took the lead at 23km, and went through the gears to record laps under 4:00/min in the closing stages. In fact, 5km short of the finish the Italian notched an incredible 3:54 for his 30th circuit.
He was actively encouraging the crowd around the spa town course to cheer him to the finish and looked barely out of breath as he crossed the line.
In the far distance, Christopher Linke took silver with a German record of 2:23:21, while Miguel Angel Lopez set a Spanish record of 2:23:48 in third.
Poland's Maher Ben Hlima led early on and went through 20km in 1:21:08, 34 seconds ahead of Stano, who in turn was slightly ahead of Linke and significantly ahead of Lopez.
But Stano stormed through to take over, recording 2:00:57 at 30km with a 3:54 lap. That was all he needed to know that a world record was within reach, and he duly delivered when crossing the line in 2:20:43.
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Maria Perez survived a toilet break during the women&rsquo;s race to come home first by 36 seconds.
The enforced stop did nothing to halt the Spanish double world champion, who broke the world record on this course two years ago with 2:37:15.
This time she had to settle for a world-leading 2:38:59, but it was more than good enough to head 2021 Olympic 20km champion Antonella Palmisano, who was making her debut at the distance.
Even so, the Italian broke her country&rsquo;s national record by more than two minutes and became the seventh woman to better the 2:40 barrier. Palmisano&rsquo;s 2:39:35 was excellent, but Perez was always in control.
Italy's Nicole Colombi finished third in a PB of 2:41:47 and Hanna Shevchuk placed fourth in a Ukrainian record of 2:42:41 to underline a top-class field.
Perez recorded 1:31:45 at 20km, only to need that stop halfway through the 21st lap. But by 25km, she was still 32 seconds clear of anyone else.
Palmisano pushed hard over the closing stages, and apart from a silver medal, her reward was to be handsomely lifted aloft at the finish by the diminutive, yet clearly strong winner.
Paul McGrath followed up two major silvers from 2024 with a superb gold in the men&rsquo;s 20km race.
The athlete born in Catalonia to a Scottish father and Spanish mother claimed his first major title with an authority belying his 23 years. He took control at 13km to move away effortlessly away and win in 1:18:08 &ndash; just 13 seconds outside his PB, but still a championship record.
In the last 300m, defending champion Francisco Fortunato of Italy found an extra sprint to pass a tiring Gabriel Bordier, finishing second and third respectively in PBs of 1:18:16 and 1:18:23. It was the very least the Frenchman deserved after a gutsy performance that saw him lead from the gun to McGrath taking control.
There were personal bests for fourth, fifth and sixth places as well in a sizzling race. Andre Cosi came home in 1:18:43; Ukraine&rsquo;s Mukola Rushchak took more than two minutes off his previous best with 1:18:50, and Spain&rsquo;s Alvaro Lopez notched 1:19:48.
McGrath was second at the European Championships and at last year&rsquo;s World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships. But this time laps in the latter stages averaging 3:50 were all that was needed for top spot.
Ten years after she earned world bronze, Lyudmila Olynavovska finally claimed a major title, topping the podium in 1:27:56 after accelerating at 16km to break away from Cl&eacute;mence Beretta, who finished in a PB of 1:28:05 &ndash; 39 seconds quicker than her previous best.
Back-to-back 4:20m laps saw Olynavovska make the race&rsquo;s decisive bid after the pack splintered to three by halfway (44:24); Ukraine's Mariia Sakharuk was the surprise third alongside Beretta and Olynavovska.
It was down to just two at 13km as the pace took its toll on Sakharuk. Beretta&rsquo;s plucky effort saw her claim a first major medal of any sort. Behind her, teammate Pauline Stey race walked mostly solo to take third in 1:28:18 - another French PB and on their way to the team prize.
Spain&rsquo;s Antia Chamosa came through for fourth in 1:29:11, and 2022 world silver medallist Katarzyna Zdzieblo's steady effort was good enough for fifth in 1:29:19.
Paul Warburton for World Athletics

Massimo Stano broke the short-lived world 35km race walk record at the European Race Walking Team Championships - part of the World Athletics Race Walking Tour - in Podebrady on Sunday (18) by a massive 57 seconds.

Stano smashes world 35km race walk record in Podebrady

Japanese javelin star Haruka Kitaguchi notched up her first victory of the season, winning on home soil at the Seiko Golden Grand Prix &ndash; a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting &ndash; in Tokyo on Sunday (18).
The world and Olympic champion was one of several Japanese athletes to produce a winning performance in the stadium that will host the World Athletics Championships four months from now, but it was the Australian contingent that stole the show with six athletes from Down Under winning on Sunday, three of them breaking meeting records.
For most of the fans in the stadium, though, their focus was on Kitaguchi while the javelin was unfolding. She took an early lead with 61.41m then improved to 64.16m in round five to extend her lead. That remained the best of the day with compatriot Momone Ueda taking second place with 60.66m.
Elsewhere on the infield, Kitaguchi&rsquo;s fellow world and Olympic champion Yaroslava Mahuchikh enjoyed a comfortable win in the high jump, her 1.96m clearance being enough to win by 11 centimetres. The Ukrainian took one attempt at 2.00m then retired from competition, saving herself for her next outing.
Japan&rsquo;s Tomohiro Shinno won the men&rsquo;s event with 2.27m.
In-form Australian Liam Adcock produced a last-round leap of 8.20m to take victory in the men&rsquo;s long jump. Prior to that, Japan&rsquo;s Hibika Tsuha had led the competition with 8.15m.
<h2>Marshall, Griffith and Thomas break meeting records</h2>
USA&rsquo;s Tonea Marshall powered to a 12.54 triumph in the women&rsquo;s 100m hurdles, taking down a meeting record (12.62) that had stood for 11 years. Teammate Alia Armstrong was second in 12.68.
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Tonea Marshall wins the 100m hurdles in Tokyo (&copy; Norichika Inoue)
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Three other meeting records fell &ndash; all of them broken by Australian athletes, and all of them in endurance events.
Georgia Griffith dominated the women&rsquo;s 1500m, winning by five seconds and taking more than a second off the meeting record with 4:01.10. Japanese record-holder Nozomi Tanaka was runner-up in 4:06.08.
Rose Davies won in Tokyo for the second year in succession. Twelve months on from her 5000m win, this time she took the 3000m in 8:43.38, an improvement on the meeting record, with Kenya&rsquo;s Helen Lobun a distant second in 8:49.28.
Jude Thomas was a surprising winner of the men&rsquo;s 3000m. The 23-year-old Australian produced a PB of 7:39.69 to win over Ethiopia&rsquo;s Ermias Girma (7:40.42), both men finishing comfortably inside the previous meeting record.
Elsewhere in the distance events, Japan&rsquo;s Ryuji Miura lived up to expectations to win the men&rsquo;s 3000m steeplechase in 8:18.96, beating Ethiopia&rsquo;s Milkesa Fikadu (8:20.10).
<h2>Favourites beaten in sprints</h2>
The Australian success continued in the shorter track events on a day when some of the world&rsquo;s leading sprinters struggled.
Fresh from a strong run at the World Relays, Australia&rsquo;s Reece Holder won the men&rsquo;s 400m in convincing style in 44.76 ahead of Japan&rsquo;s Fuga Sato (45.23).
Holder&rsquo;s fellow Australian Bree Rizzo emerged victorious from a talented women&rsquo;s 100m field to win in 11.38 (-0.9m/s) as USA&rsquo;s Twanisha Terry took second place (11.42) and world champion Sha&rsquo;Carri Richardson, making her season debut, placed fourth (11.47).
There was a similarly surprising winner of the men&rsquo;s 100m. Japan&rsquo;s Hiroki Yanagita, running in lane one, managed to edge ahead to take the win in 10.06 (1.1m/s) from USA&rsquo;s Christian Miller (10.08) and 2019 world champion Christian Coleman (10.11).
The men&rsquo;s 200m was similarly close with USA&rsquo;s Robert Gregory getting the better of 2021 Olympic champion Andre de Grasse, 20.24 to 20.29.
The men&rsquo;s 400m hurdles was won by the same margin as 2022 world bronze medallist Trevor Bassitt took the win in 48.50 ahead of Japan&rsquo;s Ken Toyoda (48.55).
The home crowd was happy with the outcome in the men&rsquo;s 110m hurdles as Rachid Muratake led a Japanese 1-2, winning in 13.16 (-1.1m/s) from Tatsuki Abe (13.27).

Golden Grand Prix 2025

Japanese javelin star Haruka Kitaguchi notched up her first victory of the season, winning on home soil at the Seiko Golden Grand Prix – a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting – in Tokyo on Sunday (18).

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Atlétikai Magyar Csapatbajnokság 2025	Lantos	HUN	23 May 2025
50. Halplus Werfertage	Werferzentrum	GER	23 May 2025
75. Boris Hanžeković Memorial	Sports	CRO	22 May 2025
Cyprus International Athletics Meeting	Tsirio	CYP	23 May 2025
71. ORLEN Janusz Kusocinski Memorial	Stadion	POL	23 May 2025

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