Monday, Dec. 1, 2008
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Ethiopian great Haile Gebrselassie won the inaugural 15-km Great Australian Run in 42 minutes, 40 seconds on Sunday.
Beijing Olympic marathon silver-medalist and former world champion Catherine Ndereba of Kenya won the women's race in 50:43. New Zealand's Alice Mason was second in 51:27 and Australian Lisa-Jane Weightman third in 51:31.
Beijing Olympic marathon champion Constantina Dita of Romania was sixth in a time of 52:33.
Gebrselassie, who has struggled with jet lag since arriving in Melbourne from the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa on Friday, broke clear of Kenyan Patrick Makau with 4 km to go.
