The race was won by Kenya’s Ishmael Kipkurui, a student at the University of New Mexico, with Gidey taking just over 13 seconds off his previous best of 27:40.02, which he ran in London last May. It marks another step forward for the Clonliffe Harrier, who was born in Eritrea but fled the war-torn country in 2016, spending several months at a refugee camp in Calais before arriving in Ireland in March 2017 and seeking asylum.
He later became an Irish citizen and made his international debut in green at the European Cross Country Championships in 2019, winning bronze in the U-20 race behind Norwegian star Jakob Ingebrigtsen. In 2022, he finished sixth over 10,000m at the European Championships in Munich.
After finishing his…