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Mo Farah beaten by Kenenisa Bekele in Great North Run thriller

Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele saw off double world and Olympic champion Mo Farah's late surge to win the Great North Run in a thrilling sprint finish.

Britain's Farah, 30, chased down Bekele in the last 400m in a great finale but was pipped to the line by one second.

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