Ethiopian duo halts Kenyan monopoly in World 10K

Mosinet Geremew and Mamitu Daska clinched the men's and women's title respectively as Ethiopian runners overwhelmed traditional powerhouse Kenya in the eighth TCS World 10K here today.
Mosinet went on to win the race in 28:16sec, while Daska clocked 31:57sec.
Former 10K world record-holder and Beijing Olympic bronze medallist Micah Kipkemboi Kogo (Kenya) was among the nine men who led the bunch.
After the pacemakers left the group in 4km, four runners started to move forward.
Among the Indians, Suresh Kumar, on his third appearance here, eclipsed the course record for the local runners by clocking 29 minutes 49 seconds.

The former Asian junior champion over 10,000m received a course record bonus of Rs 200,000 over and above his winning purse Rs 250,000.

Tamil Nadu's Suriya Loganathan, double gold-medallist in the recent edition of Federation Cup at Mangaluru, won the title in Indian women's category with a time of 35:58sec.
Kogo, whose 2009 record of 27:01 still ranked him second in the all-time lists, managed to lead the group until 8km with compatriot Edwin Kiptoo taking over over in between briefly.
While the runners were still in Cubbon Park, the two Ethiopians increased their pace and moved ahead.
Mosinet, winner of Hyderabad 10K three years ago with a record 27:36 for that distance, was trying to clock another sub-28 minutes.

However, it was too late for him to try that today as the Ethiopians could not utilise the pace set by Kenyan Edwin on earlier stages.