Britain’s Mo Farah has set a new Great North Run by winning the mens’s elite race for the sixth year with a personal best time.
Farah, finished in 59 minutes seven seconds after racing ahead of Ethiopian Tamirat Tola in the final mile.
Kenyan Brigid Kosgei, who won the London Marathon in April, set a new half marathon world best to take the women’s race in 1:04:28.
David Weir won his eighth wheelchair title, with Jade Jones-Hall making it a British double in the women’s race.
