EDINBURGH, Scotland � Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia won his record-setting sixth title at the world cross-country championships today, and Tirunesh Dibaba won the women's race.

Bekele finished the 7.5-mile race in 34 minutes, 36 seconds. Leonard Patrick Komon of Kenya was second in 34:41, followed by last year's champion, Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea, in 34:43.

The 25-year-old Bekele surpassed the mark of five titles he shared with Kenyans John Ngugi and Paul Tergat.

Dibaba won her third world cross-country title. She finished the 5.6-mile women's course in 25:10. Mestawet Tufa of Ethiopia was second in 25:15, followed by Linet Chepkwemoi Masai of Kenya in 25:18.