The Great CityGames Manchester bring world class athletics to the city’s streets on Friday 20th May 2016.

The event takes place on the Great CityGames track on Deansgate in the heart of the city and at the purpose built athletics arena in Albert Square.

The Great CityGames Manchester provides a unique opportunity to see top athletes from across the globe compete in an urban environment.

Many of the greatest athletes in the world have graced the track including Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake. This year particpants included Greg Rutherford, Kenenisa Bekele, Tirunesh Dibaba and US rising sprint star Trayvon Bromell.

Britain’s Greg Rutherford returned from a 3 month training camp in Arizona to win the Men's long jump with a Games record 8.20m.

Dafne Schippers won the women’s 100m in 10.94 well ahead of the rest of the field, while Kim Collins showed a clean pair of heels to the younger runners with a time 10.08 secs, with 60m world indoor champion Trayvon Bromell second, and Britons Chijindu Ujah and Richard Kilty third and fourth respectively.

Tiffany Porter won the 100m hurdles in 12.89 ahead of Lucy Hatton. Britain's David King clipped the last hurdle and was unlucky to lose out to Ryan Wilson of the United States.

In the women's pole vault, America's Katie Nageotte won with a 4.50m vault.

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