Image caption, Brigid Kosgei set the women's course record at the Great North Run in 2019 ByFfion WynneBBC Sport Journalist Published 3 hours ago Kenya's Brigid Kosgei achieved a convincing victory in the women's race at the Great North Run after Great Britain's Eilish McColgan withdrew with injury.
McColgan, 35, was continuing her return to racing after recovering from a broken toe, but she suffered a foot injury early in the half-marathon and limped off.
Kosgei, an Olympic silver medallist and former London marathon winner, eased to the win in one hour, six minutes and 15 seconds.
Despite that being slower than the course record of 1:04:28 she set seven years ago, Kosgei, 32, dominated from the start and ran much of the 13.1-mile race solo.
She crossed the line over two minutes quicker than compatriot and last year's winner Sheila Chepkirui in second place.
Amy-Eloise Neale was the first British athlete to finish, coming fifth overall.
McColgan, who finished third in last year's Great North Run, suffered the toe injury during the London Marathon in April where she was the first British athlete to finish, taking seventh place.
The Scot had blood seeping through her shoe as she crossed the line and subsequently had to miss the Commonwealth Games in July.
She made her comeback in last week's Big Half in London and won that race in 1:10:54, but McColgan admitted afterwards that she was still concerned about the injury and her fitness.
Watch Great North Run Figure caption, 'I loved it' - Andy Burnham completes Great North Run Talbi sprints to men's title American Zouhair Talbi produced a brilliant kick in the final mile to win the men's race as he got the better of last year's champion Alex Mutiso.
The pair were running side by side for most of the course before 31-year-old Talbi surged ahead in the closing stages and held on to win in 59:47.
He narrowly missed out on beating his personal best of 59:41.
Mutiso finished 14 seconds behind Talbi in 1:00:01.
Yohei Ikeda of Japan came third, while Marc Scott - who won the race in 2021 - was the first British athlete to finish in eighth place.
The course record of 58:56 for the men's race has stood since 2011, and was set by Martin Mathathi of Kenya.
Britain's David Weir won his 10th Great North Run title in the men's wheelchair race as he finished in 43:06, while Melanie Woods was the women's winner in 50:19.
This year's race is the 45th edition and an estimated 63,000 runners took part, including Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
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