Hawkins and Tewelde to take on Kipsiro at Great Scottish Run

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Callum Hawkins and Tsegai Tewelde are set to go head-to-head in a battle to become the first Scottish man to win the Bank of Scotland Great Scottish Run and will be joined on the start line by defending champion Moses Kipsiro when the half-marathon event returns on October 2.

No Scottish male has crossed the line first since the half-marathon was first staged in 1991, but with the resurgence in Scottish distance running in full swing hopes are high that there will be a local hero in the 2016 event.

Hawkins, who along with Tewelde and his own brother Derek represented Great Britain in the marathon at the Rio Olympics, will be looking to turn the tables on Kipsiro after the Ugandan Commonwealth 10,000m champion beat him on home soil 12 months ago with a winning time of 62:18

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