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Wednesday 30 March 2005 Isabella Ochichi, who decisively defeated Paula Radcliffe over 10km last Saturday in New Orleans, will compete in this year's BUPA Great Manchester Run, in Manchester, England on 22 May 2005. The 25-year-old Kenyan who is the Olympic 5000m silver medallist ran the world's second fastest ever 10km time of 30:27 for the distance when decisively beating the current World record holder Paula Radcliffe by 18 seconds in the Crescent City Classic race in New Orleans. Ochichi was just six seconds short of the World record (30:21, Paula Radcliffe, San Juan, PUR 23 Feb 2003) and will be expected to make her mark again in the sell-out 20,000 participant race in Manchester. "We're not setting Isabella any targets, but I see no reason why she cannot challenge the UK-All Comers record time of 30:38," said the event's athletics director Matthew Turnbull. That performance was achieved by Radcliffe in London's Richmond Park, in September 2002. "Certainly the form Ochichi is in at present, suggests the record is there for the taking and the class of her opponents will, I'm sure, ensure a fast race if the weather is on the runner's side." The Netherlands' Kenyan-born Lornah Kiplagat, who took her own famous 10km victory over Radcliffe in San Juan in 2004, Latvia's Jelena Prokopcuka, the winner of the recent Osaka Marathon (2:22:56), and defending champion Sonia O'Sullivan of Ireland will offer the Kenyan top opposition. Meanwhile, Ochichi will be in action again this weekend when competing over 5Km in Carlsbad in the United States where 12 months ago she won superbly in 14:53. ENDS
