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Kosgei wins Great North Run but McColgan withdraws
Kenya's Brigid Kosgei wins the women's race at the Great North Run as Eilish McColgan drops out early with injury, while American Zouhair Talbi wins the men's event.
September 13, 2026Are women better than men at endurance running?
Women have beaten men in some high-profile endurance events in recent months - are they better suited to these challenges?
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Kosgei wins Great North Run but McColgan withdraws
Brigid Kosgei set the women's course record at the Great North Run in 2019 Kenya's Brigid Kosgei achieved a convincing victory in the women's race at the Great North Run after Great Britain's Eilish
bbc.co.uk•September 13, 2026
Are women better than men at endurance running?
Are women better than men at endurance running? "The race is too hard for women. They are simply not tough enough to do it." Those are the words of Lazarus Lake, race director of the Barkley Maratho
bbc.co.uk•September 9, 2026