WINNER MO FEELS BEAT

WEARY Mo Farah was forced to turn on the afterburners to see off his rivals at the 10km Great Manchester Run.

Britain’s Olympic and world 10,000m champion raced past Ugandan Moses Kipsiro in the final 100 metres, but then said he needed to put his feet up for a while.

Farah reckons he paid for his recent national record in the London Marathon.

“I was pretty tired,” he said. “Having competed in the marathon not so long ago, today was hard work.”

Farah (top), who was appearing in the race for the first time since 2007, took part in a minute’s silence before the race in tribute to the 22 people who died in last year’s Manchester Arena bombing.

For most of the race, the 35-year-old looked comfortable in warm conditions, but his eventual winning time of 28 min 27 sec, owed much to his legendary finishing speed.

“I’ve got great speed and I know that at the end of the races I can use it if the guys haven’t hurt me enough, so today was a matter of hanging in there,” he added.

Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba won her third straight women’s race, well ahead of Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei.

In the men’s wheelchair race, Britain’s David Weir (above) beat Johnboy Smith and Simon Lawson to the line in 21 min 28 sec.

In the women’s wheelchair race, Britain’s Liz McTernan was victorious in 34 min 20 sec ahead of Heather Gilham and Lucy Keyworth.