Geb set to take a bite out of Big Apple
NEW YORK - Haile Gebrselassie has accomplished just about everything a distance runner can accomplish, with one exception -- running the ING New York City Marathon. The Ethiopian great will finally run the race on November 7. During National Runni...
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Crescent City Classic winner Tilahun Regassa proves fast healer
Tilahun Regassa had finished only two of the 10 kilometers in Saturday’s Crescent City Classic when the 20-year-old Ethiopian running sensation felt a twinge in the Achilles tendon of his left leg.
But when you’re just two years removed from a...
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Ethiopian double as Rome celebrates Bikila – Rome Marathon report
Running barefoot for the last 300m, Siraj Gena of Ethiopia takes the 2010 Rome Marathon title (Michele D' Annibale)
Rome, Italy – Ethiopia claimed a double victory at the 16th Rome Marathon on Sunday.
Siraj Gena won the men’s contest, an IA...
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Ethiopia – Kalkidan Gezahegne recovers from heat tumble to become youngest ever female champion
By IAAF:
Ethiopia did take another women’s 1500m title, but the gold didn’t go to defending champion Gelete Burka.
Running with the grit and determination of a seasoned veteran, 18-year-old Kalkidan Gezahegne effortlessly kicked past Bur...
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Ethiopia’s Defar wins fourth straight indoor 3000m title
DOHA — Ethiopian Meseret Defar won a record fourth consecutive women's world indoor 3000m title on Saturday.
Defar, who won Olympic 5000m gold at the Athens Games and a bronze in Beijing, clocked 8min 51.17sec.
"I'm very happy with this race and ...
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Deresse Mekonnen takes down a solid field in the Birmingham 1500m
Birmingham, UK – The injured Kenenisa Bekele may not have made it to Birmingham for the Aviva Grand Prix this afternoon, but the National Indoor Arena still witnessed distance running of the highest order from some world class Ethiopians ...
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Ethiopian-born Elvan Abeylegesse Breaks RAK Record for Turkey
RAS AL KHAIMAH // It seems to be becoming the regular refrain for Ethiopia-born elite athletes competing in the top road races in the Emirates: “There is always next year”.
For the past three years, Haile Gebrselassie, the greatest of them a...
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Ethiopia’s `Ice Slider’ prepares for 2nd Olympics
By JOHN WAWROW:
The Associated Press
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- When Robel Teklemariam is asked if he has a nickname back home in Ethiopia, the Olympic men's cross-country skier - yes, you read that right - notes that there's no word for "...
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Ethiopians sweep men’s, women’s events, both in record time
Teshome Gelana of Ethopia was a late entry in the Chevron Houston Marathon, but he certainly wasn’t a late finisher.
Gelana, only 25, broke from a tightly bunched pack of a half-dozen East African speedsters heading toward downtown and ...
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Ndiso and Urgesa take Mumbai titles
Bizunesh Urgesa of Ethiopia takes the tape at the Intercontinental Istanbul Marathon (H. Emre Durmus)
Mumbai, India - Running on a new course and in relatively hot conditions, the defending champions and top gunners went unnoticed as newer...
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Migration of Beauty Screened in Toronto: Birtukan Midekssa Remembered
Ethiopians in Toronto had the opportunity, over the past weekend, to watch the highly acclaimed documentary movie -Migration of Beauty. Unity for Human Rights and Democracy Toronto, had organized the screening at Bloor Cinema marking BIRTUKAN MEDEKSA...
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Ethiopian duo raise the bar
By Mark Butler
BBC Sport's athletics statistician takes a look at the numbers behind the big races
I'm not sure we know how lucky we are that Kenenisa Bekele and Tirunesh Dibaba have chosen to make so many appearances in the United Kingdom.
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Ethiopians Feyisa Lilesa & Baysa Atsede clean sweep Xiamen Marathon
Ethiopia's Feyisa Lilesa clocked 2 hours 8 minutes and 47 seconds to win the men's title of the 2010 Xiamen International Marathon here on Saturday. Negari Getachew Terfa and Mugo Samuel Muturl won the silver and bronze medals respectively.
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The Great Ethiopian Run to Freedom
By Alemayehu G. Mariam:
In his epic autobiography, the great Nelson Mandela used the metaphor of the “long walk” to describe his decades-old struggle against apartheid and minority rule in South Africa. In Long Walk to Freedom, Mandela descr...
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ታላቁ ሩጫ ዘንድሮም በተቃውሞ ድምጽ:-መሰናበቻ መሰናበቻ የቀረችን ብርቱካን ብቻ ፍቱልን እሷን ብቻ!
አውራምባ ታይምስ (አዲስ አበባ)፡-
በ1994 ዓ.ም. የተጀመ ረው ታላቁ ሩጫ በኢትዮጵያ ለ9ኛ ጊዜ በዛሬው እለት ተካሄደ፡፡ ውድድሩን እንግሊዛዊቷ አትሌት ፓውላ ...
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Deratu Tulu Wins ING New York City Marathon
Paula Radcliffe's reign as ING New York City Marathon champion ended on Sunday as the British world record holder finished fourth behind Ethiopian veteran Deratu Tulu.
After six months on the sidelines recovering from bunion surgery, Radcliffe...
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Ethiopians sweep Eurasia Marathon
The route of the Eurasia Marathon was designed to pass by some of Istanbul's most beautiful sights.
Ethiopian athletes dominated on Sunday at the 31st Istanbul Eurasia Marathon, the world’s only intercontinental marathon.
Kasime Adilo...
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Memories of a Generation
Ali Saeed’s Film Presentation Tour Began in Europe. Ali Saeed, the main protagonist of the acclaimed film, Memories of a Generation, has started a presentation tour in Europe. After his visit to France he has gone to Londonand met with officials ...
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4 Ethiopian athletes may have escaped Tyranny, now seeking Asylum in Scotland
According (AP), two runners and two hurdlers from Ethiopia were reported missing Tuesday after leaving their hotel before a track and field meet in Scotland.
The four are Betelhem Shewatatek (women's 200 meters), Feleke Bekele (women's 400 hurdles...
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Bekele wins unprecedented world distance double
By Luke Phillips (AFP)
BERLIN — Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele won an unprecedented distance double at the World Athletics Championships after adding the 5000m title to his 10,000m crown on Sunday.
The Ethiopian, who also completed the doub...
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