80,000 take part in annual Sydney run

Commonwealth Games runner Ben St. Lawrence has edged favorite and fellow Australian Michael Shelley to win the 40th City to Surf race in 41 minutes, five seconds.

Australian Lara Tamsett was the top women's finisher Sunday in 46:54.

St. Lawrence, who will compete for Australia at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in October, first ran the City to Surf when he was 8.

Former Olympic distance runner Steve Moneghetti, who will be Australia's chef de mission in New Delhi, holds the race record of 40.03.

The race attracted an estimated 80,000 competitors for the 14-kilometer (8.7-mile) run out of downtown Sydney to the city's eastern suburbs and a finish at Bondi Beach.