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Farah wins in New Orleans

14:45, Feb 24 2013

 

Double Olympic champion Mo Farah outsprinted Ethiopia's Gebre Gebremariam to win the New Orleans half marathon on Sunday.

Farah and Gebremariam enjoyed a 10-second lead over the chasing pack at halfway and stretched their advantage to a minute at 10 miles.

Neither man was able to break clear and it came down to a sprint finish where Farah put his track speed to good use, edging out former world cross country champion Gebremariam in an unofficial time of 60 minutes 59 seconds.

Fellow Briton Scott Overall was seventh, with Helen Clitheroe fourth in the women's race behind comfortable winner Meseret Defar of Ethiopia.

 

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