Gebreselassie breaks 10km record and wins $1m

OLYMPIC legend Haile Gebreselassie of Ethopia broke the 10km road race world record and won the $1 million prize at Doha yesterday.

Gebreselassie, double Olympic 10,000m champion, clocked 27:02 in his comeback after a calf injury sustained during the London marathon in April, to break Kenyan Sammy Kipketer’s world best of 27min 11sec.

In the women’s race, fellow Ethiopian Derartu Tulu, the World and Olympic 10,000m champion, won in 32:23, lead a clean sweep by her country ahead of compatriots Geta Wami and Kutre Dulecha.