Tufa Takes on Steel at Great North Run

Published by IAAF on July 7, 2015

London Marathon champion Tigist Tufa will face European cross-country champion Gemma Steel at the Morrisons Great North Run, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Sunday 13 September.

In her first race on British soil, 28-year-old Ethiopian Tufa was a surprise winner of this year’s London Marathon, beating a high-quality field in 2:23:22. It was her third marathon victory within 12 months, having won in Ottawa and Shanghai last year, running a PB of 2:21:52 in the latter.

Her half-marathon PB of 1:10:03 dates back to 2008, but this year’s Great North Run will be her first race over the 13.1-mile distance since emerging as a top-level marathon runner.