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Priscah Jeptoo upsets Meseret Defar, Tirunesh Dibaba as Bekele beats Farah

Priscah Jeptoo (centre) poses for a photoshoot after she won the Great North Run race in Newcastle.

By ELIZABETH MBURUGU and IAAF

Priscah Jeptoo caused a major upset at the Bupa Great North Run on Sunday when she beat Ethiopian superstars Meseret Defar and Tirunesh Dibaba clocking  1:05:45, the third-fastest time ever at the 21km distance.

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