Lyne and Farah both claimed rare road race wins on Tyneside

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European medallists Becky Lyne and Mo Farah capped their fine seasons by claiming victory in the Great North Mile races in Tyneside on Saturday.

Lyne, the European 800m bronze medallist, won the women's mile, just her second road race over the distance, in four minutes 40 seconds.

European 5,000m silver medallist Farah burst through to overhaul Ivan Heshko right at the death in 4:05.

"I'm really pleased to end the season with a win at home," Farah said.

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"Becky and I are both still young and we are learning a lot."

Lyne added: "It was a bit of a cruel race but the support was incredible and I'm really pleased."

Farah claimed two good scalps to wrap up his Tyneside triumph as he came through from third to eclipse Alex Kipchirchir, the world number one over 1500m this season, and two-time winner Heshko.

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Lyne, 24, timed her race well to close down early leader Tatyana Holovchenko and accelerate towards the line.

Olympic 5,000m champion, Ethiopian Meseret Defar, ran a solo race to set a new world road running record time for the 3,000m in 8:46.90.

Defar, who revealed herself as a Chelsea fan on Tyneside, set the 5,000m world record on the track in June.

Australian Craig Mottram hung on Eliud Kipchoge's shoulder for much of men's 3,000m race before unleashing a sprint finish to take the title.

Mottram, who also competed in Sunday's Great North Run for charity, burst through in a world record time of 7:41.70.