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Haile sets world 10 miles best

2005-09-08

Haile Gebrselassie achieved a World 10 miles best performance with a runaway victory at the Brabants Dagblad international road race meeting in Tilburg, Holland on September 4th.

Gebrselassie who is preparing for next month's Amsterdam marathon, won by over two minutes ahead of Kenya's Luke Kibet in a time of 44:24 minutes.

The 32-year-old Ethiopian after an illustrious track career beat the previous best performance set eight years ago by Kenya's Paul Koech of 44:45 minutes.

DAVID MARTIN

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