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