Athletics: Shock defeat for Gebrselassie

Haile Gebrselassie suffered a shock defeat in the 10,000 metres final.

The Ethiopian distance runner - bidding to win his fifth successive world title - finished third in a race won by Kenya's Charles Kamathi.

The defeat ended Gebrselassie's unbeaten run which had stretched back for eight years.

It was his first outing since taking the Olympic 10,000m gold medal in Sydney.

Gebrselassie - who may now run in next year's London Marathon - took time off after the Olympics and in November had an operation to clear out a damaged Achilles.

But his long lay-off proved too much to bounce back from, and Kamathi took gold with a winning time of 27 minutes and 53.25 seconds.

Gebrselassie's Ethiopian team-mate Assefa Mezgebu took the silver medal.