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Farah clinches team title



World 5 000-metre champion Mo Farah won a thrilling 1 500 from Kenya's Augustine Choge to clinch the Aviva International Match for Britain and Northern Ireland on Saturday.

Farah and Choge, a 1 500 specialist, bumped a few times before Farah held off Choge's sprint finish.

Britain's two other world championships medalists didn't fare as well.

Hannah England was edged on the line in the women's 1 500 by Denise Krebs of Germany, and Andy Turner was last in the 60 hurdles won by Konstantin Shabanov of Russia.

Turner was still recovering from an Achilles injury.

Russia was second overall, followed by Germany, a Commonwealth Select team and the United States.



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