Half Marathon title could encourage Gebrselassie to take on Tergat’s twin challenge Haile Gebrselassie, the new IAAF World Half-marathon champion, could return to the British Isles twice in the next six months for two of the biggest challenges which remain to be overcome in his career. - [8.10.2001] Radcliffe retains title and goes close to world best What started as a wretched weekend for British athletics ended in triumph as Paula Radcliffe not only retained her world half marathon title in front of her home fans, but ran the second fastest time in history - [7.10.2001] Gebrselasie lives up to Half Marathon Challenge When he lost his 10,000 metres world title in Edmonton in August, it was the first time since 1993 that Haile Gebrselassie had been unable to call himself “world champion”.  The little Ethiopian put that right on the waterfront here on Sunday morning, as he won the IAAF World Half Marathon title - [7.10.2001] Meyer looks forward to Bristol outing Both have been on the wrong side of Derartu Tulu on some notable occasions, and both are former World Half Marathon champions - and it is likely that Paula Radcliffe - Britain’s defending champion, and Elana Meyer, the South African who won this title back in 1994, will be on the podium after tomorrow’s race. - [6.10.2001] Politics overshadows the sport n a day when the pages of the British press were ripe with condemnation of the British Government for their decision to withdraw London as a candidate for the 2005 World Championships, one could only feel sympathy for the hardworking representatives of Bristol’s Local Organising Committee and UK Athletics, who had hoped that the news would have been about athletics, and specifically what is set to be a classic edition of the World Half Marathon edition. - [6.10.2001]