Tadese, who won a World Championship silver medals over 10,000 metres in Berlin in August, took charge at the midway point and drove on to finish well clear of Kenya's Bernard Kipyego, who edged American Dathan Ritzenhein on the line in 59:59.

Tadese said: "The race was very hard and windy, it was not easy and there were some tough athletes competing."
 

Kenya won the team race for a fourth successive occasion, with Eritrea taking second ahead of Ethiopia.

In the women's event, Kenya's Mary Keitany won in 1:06:36 ahead of compatriot Philes Ongori (1:07:38) and Ethiopia's Aberu Kebede (1:07:39)

Keitany, who spent almost an hour stuck in a hotel lift on Saturday morning, helped Kenya to team gold ahead of Ethiopia and Russia.

Living up to her pre-race favourite's tag, Keitany was not challenged after pulling away from her rivals just before 10 kilometres.

The 27-year-old, runner-up two years ago when Lornah Kiplagat set her world record of 66:25 in Udine, easily blew away the challenges of team-mate Philes Ongori, who finished in 1:07.38, and Ethiopia's Aberu Kebede in third.

Keitany admitted she had been affected by her claustrophobic experience yesterday when she missed the pre-race press conference when trapped for almost an hour.

She said: "I thought I would collapse.

"Inside there it was very hot and we were all sweating so I drank lots and lots of water."

The British women, led home by Claire Hallisey in 25th position, took seventh place in their race while the men, led by Andrew Lemoncello in 26th finished 14th overall.


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