World women 10,00m bronze medallist Agnes Tirop kept alive her winning streak when she took the top honors at the 26th edition of the Tilburg 10 miles race that was held on Sunday (2) in Tilburg, Netherlands.
Tirop who surprised many when she broke the TCS World 10K course record in 31:19 continued with her brilliance performance as she led her fellow runners passing the 5km mark in 15:29. She was followed closely by Ethiopian Tsehay Gemechu and Stella Chesang from Uganda.
Tirop held on to cut the tape in 30:50 short of 20 seconds of the course record of 30:30 that was set by Tirunesh Dibaba in 2013.
Gemechu took second place in 31:07 with Chesang closing the first three podium finishes in 31:44.
Eva Cherono and Alice Aprot both from Kenya took fourth and fifth place in 32:05 and 32:42 respectively.
LEADING RESULTS
WOMEN
- Agnes Tirop (KEN) 30:50
- Tsehay Gemechu (ETH) 31:07
- Stella Chesang (UG) 31:44
- Eva Cherono (KEN) 32:05
- Alice Aprot (KEN) 32:42
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