Britain’s Olympic and World 10,000 m champions Mo Farah beat Abel Kirui of Kenya and Ugandan Moses Kipsiro to win the 10 kilometers Great Manchester Run on Sunday.
Farah beat Kipsiro in the last 100 meters, with Kirui a few seconds later, coming in third.
Farah, who finished third in the London Marathon last month, deployed his famous finishing kick to surge past Uganda’s Moses Kipsiro with 100 meters left to win in a time of 28 minutes 27 seconds.
This was the first time Farah, 35, had taken part in the race since 2007 and he appeared comfortable despite the warm conditions.
“I’ve got great speed and I know that at the end of the races I can use it if the guys haven’t hurt me enough, so today was a matter of hanging in there,” Farah told BBC Sport.
“I was pretty tired. Having competed in the marathon not so long ago, today was hard work,” added Farah, who is now concentrating solely on road-racing events following a brilliant career on the track.
Ethiopia’s Tirunesh Dibaba won her third straight Manchester women’s race, with Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei a distant second.