Ethiopia's and World's greatest distance runner Haile Gebrselassie stormed to his third BUPA Great Manchester Run triumph on Sunday but a strong wind restricted him to a time of 28 minutes and two seconds.
The 37-year-old, twice Olympic and four-times World Gold medalist, finished just over a minute behind the world record and more than half a minute outside Micah Kogo's UK All-Comers record.

Rome, Italy - The participation of two of the IAAF Diamond League’s Ambassadors at this year’s Rome Golden Gala was announced this morning to the national media in Rome by FIDAL (the Italian Athletics Federation), who are the organisers of the fourth leg of the inaugural IAAF Diamond League, which will be held in the capital city of Italy on 10 June. 


Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) and Blanka Vlasic (CRO), two of the brightest stars in Athletics’ sky, will take part in the 30th edition of the international Rome meeting.
Bekele, the multiple World and Olympic champion and World record breaker at long distance running, and Vlasic, the two-time outdoor World champion in the women’s High Jump will be centre stage in the Olympic stadium along with two of most important national athletes whose participation was also confirmed today.
Andrew Howe, the 2007 World Long Jump silver medallist, and Antonietta Di Martino, who took the World silver in the women’s High Jump at the same edition of the World Championships, will ensure that the Rome audience has all the motivation it requires to create an electric atmosphere for the meeting.