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Bekele edges Farah to win Great North Run

SOUTH SHIELDS, England -- Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia held off a late challenge from local favorite Mo Farah to win the Great North Run on Sunday in a thrilling finish.

Bekele, competing in his first competitive half marathon, made his move with less than two kilometers to go but had to fend off a charge from Farah in the last 400 meters as the British runner failed to pip his rival on the line.

Bekele won the race by a second. Fellow Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie was third.