Tirunesh Dibaba wins snowy Edinburgh Cross Country

Eurosport - Sat, 09 Jan 14:30:00 2010

Double Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba stormed through the snow to take victory at the Great Edinburgh International Cross Country.

The Olympic 5000m and 10,000, champion, hot favourite before the race, made a surging break in the final lap in Holyrood Park to romp to victory on the snow-covered track.

"The snow made it very difficult for me," said Dibaba. "But I'm very happy to win here."

Great Britain's Hayley Yelling won a sprint finish with compatriot Steph Twell to take fourth, while silver went to Kenya's Vivian Cheruiyot and Dibaba's fellow Ethopian Kalkidan Gezahegn secured bronze.

Yelling, much like she did on her way to the European Cross Country title in Dublin last month, set the pace in the early stages of the race, storming ahead from the gun.