The Ethiopians Selemon Barega and Medina Eisa won the 10 km races of men and women in the Great Manchester Run.
Barega, who was an Olympic champion in the distance on the track in Tokyo 2020, won the male race on Sunday in 27 minutes and 49 seconds.
Santiago Catrofe of Uruguay finished three seconds ago, while last year’s champion in Manchester, Vincent Ngetich Kipkemoi or Kenya, was third with 27:58.
There were two British finalists in the Top 10, with Alfie Manthorpe Fifth and Welshman Dewi Griffiths of England in Eighth.
The 800m Koley Hodgkinson Olympic champions and Dame Kelly Holmes attended to start the 10 km of men and the marathons.
In the 10 km of women, there was a comfortable victory for Eisa, 20, at 30:42.
The American Emily Sisson was second at 31:11, with fellow Gotytom of Eisa Ethiopia Gebeslase in third place.
British Amy-Eloise Neale and Verity Ockenden athletes ended seventh and ninth respectively.