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Vivian Cheruiyot and Tirunesh Dibaba to race Great North Run
- Updated: September 6, 2016
The battle for Great North Run victory will be fierce on Sunday (September 11) as Olympic gold medallists Vivian Cheruiyot and Tirunesh Dibaba take on Priscah Jeptoo in a top women’s field in the world-famous half-marathon.
Cheruiyot will make her Great North Run debut after winning 5000m gold at the Olympic Games in Rio, which came after her silver medal over 10,000m a week earlier in a race that saw Dibaba claim bronze.
Dibaba has three Olympic titles to her name following her 2008 victories over 5000m and 10,000m and her 2012 win over 10,000m, while Cheruiyot also claimed two medals in London four years ago – silver in the 5000m and bronze in the 10,000m – and has now switched her focus to road running.
Kenya’s Cheruiyot, who turns 33 on race day, won the Great South Run in Portsmouth last year in 51:17 and is looking forward to making the step up to the half-marathon.
“I have …
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