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Bangalore – Leaving behind much fancied opponents in the form of defending champion Deriba Merga, Paris Marathon winner Tadese Tola, and 3rd place finisher from 2009 Wilson Kipsang, 19 year old Titus Mbieshei of Kenya won the 3rd edition of the Sunfeast World 10K run in Bangalore. Mbieshei finished in 27:54.
In the womens race, a new course record was created as Yimer Wude of Ethiopia won in 31:58, beating much fancied Aselefech Mergia of Ethiopia, the defending champion from last year. Wude was 3rd placed in 2009 Delhi Half Marathon.
Sunfeast World 10K is an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, and just one of three such 10K races accredited with the Gold Label worldwide by IAAF.
Results Summary
10K (Men)
- TITUS MBIESHEI (KEN) 27:54
- MOSES KIPSIRO (UGA) 28:08
- FEYISA LELISA (KEN) 28:23
- DERIBA MERGA (ETH) 28:32
- EDWIN KIPKORIR (KEN) 28:35
- TITUS MASAI 28:44
- TADESE TOLA 28:49
- ESHETU WENDIMU 28:50
- GEOFFREY KUSURO 28:52
- HENRY CHIRCHIR 28:56
10K (Women)
- YIMER WUDE (ETH) 31:58
- ASELEFECH MERGIA (ETH) 32:00
- GRACE MOMANYI (KEN) 32:05
- KOREN YAL (ETH) 32:17
- ABERU KEBEDE (ETH) 32:21
- HILDA KIBET 32:22
- GENET GETENEH 32:23
- DIRE TUNE 32:39
- GLADYS CHEMWENO 32:49
- TIGIST TUFA 32:58
10K (Elite Men, India)
- Sunil Kumar 30:47 (overall 21st)
- Arvind Kumar Yadav 30:47 (overall 22nd)
- Santosh Kumar 30:50 (overall 23rd)
10K (Elite Women, India)
- Preethi L Rao 37:47 (overall 21st)
- M Sudha 39:25 (overall 22nd)
- Kamalesh Baghel 39:43 (overall 24th)
Results for all participants are available on the official results page of Timing India. For the record, there were 4499 timed finishers at the open 10K, and 109 at the elite 10K.
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