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.