Tadesse and Adere broke their national records in Manchester

Olympic 10,000m bronze medallist Tadesse completed the 10km course in 27 minutes 36 seconds to set a new Eritrean record over the distance.

Adere repeated her feat of 2003 by winning the women's race in 31:07, which also broke the Ethiopian record.

David Weir and Shelly Woods triumphed in their respective wheelchair races.

Tadesse held off a challenge from Tanzania's world half-marathon champion Fabiano Joseph and Commonwealth 10,000m champion Boniface Kiprop for much of the race.

I tried to stay with them for as long as possible but there was no way I could keep up Liz Yelling - the first British women to finish

Joseph, who took the Great Edinburgh Run title two weeks ago, followed Tadesse home in 27:41, with Uganda's Kiprop third in 27:58.

The elite men all failed in their attempt to break Haile Gebrselassie's British 10km road race record of 27:25.

"That was a hard race, particularly the last couple of kilometres," said Tadesse.

They didn't make it easy for me, but I enjoy a tough fight."

Adere also spent much of the race fending off compatriot Gete Wami, who took the runners-up spot in 31:13.

Nataliya Berkut from Ukraine was third in 31:41 ahead of Benita Johnson, who lowered her Australian record to 31:17.

Adere said: "It was a tough race with plenty of people around until well past the halfway mark.

Cricketer Flintoff and football boss Ferguson start the race

"I found the longer I ran the better I felt."

Chris Davies once again found the streets of Manchester to his liking as, just like last year, he was the first Briton home.

The 29-year-old postman finished sixth in 28:38 while Commonwealth marathon bronze medallist Liz Yelling was the first British woman home in 32:55.

Yelling crossed the line in 11th place and conceded she struggled to keep up with the world class field.

"They were all flying from the very beginning of the race - it was much too fast for me," she said.