MORE than 2,000 women took part in an international race in the North-East yesterday, in aid of Cancer Research UK.
Kenyan Rose Cheruiyot won the 10k Bupa Great Women's-Only Run, in Sunderland, with a time of 33min 14sec. She beat former world 10k gold medallist Gete Wami, of Ethiopia, by 18 seconds, with Kenya's Edinburgh-based Catherine Mutwa, third in 33min 47sec.
The course included a stretch of beach and a run along Roker pier.
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