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Frehiwot Goshu wins Elgoibar Cross Country
Elgoibar, Spain (January 25, 2010) - Ferhiwot Goshu of Ethiopia joined the illustrious list of past winners in Elgoibar getting the better of Kenya’s Ann Karindi Mwangi.
The women’s 6.624km contest kicked off quite conservatively with the Portuguese duo of Dulce Félix and Sara Moreira, 6th and 10th respectively at the Europeans XC championships in Dublin, making most of the early pacing duties.
However,...
Jelila continues winning streak, unknown Jida takes shock men’s title – Sululta Cross Country
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – (January 24, 2010) -Koreni Jelila, the 2009 Ethiopian Airlines Great Ethiopian Run 10km winner, and unknown Gishu Jida were the winners of the women’s and men’ senior titles at the 3rd Sululta Cross Country meeting- the fourth part of the domestic cross country series organized by the Ethiopian Athletics Federation (EAF) – in Sululta, 20 kilometres north of the...
Three in a row for Haile at Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon
Dubai (UAE): Haile Gebrselassie clinched the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon title for the third successive year yesterday (Friday) but it was a hard-fought victory in a relatively slow time of 2h:06m:09s.
All the pre-race talk had been of a new record but Gebrselassie’s world best time of 2h:03m:59s was never under serious threat after a pre-race back problem put paid to his chances of collecting...
Haile Gebrselassie fights off back pain and late race challenge to collect third Dubai victory
Dubai, UAE – (January 22, 2010) -Haile Gebrselassie won the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon for the third time in a row this morning, clocking 2:06:09, and again raking in $250,000, the richest prize in marathoning.
But a back problem, which required intensive pre-race physiotherapy, ruled out a World record attempt from the start, and when two of his lesser known compatriots – Chala Dechase...
Ethiopians Magarsa and Bekele gunning for second Dubai women’s victory
Dubai, UAE – (January 21, 2010) - Ethiopians look like winning the jackpot for the third year running, in the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon tomorrow (Friday). Haile Gebrselassie is the firm favourite to rack up a hat trick of victories; and the women’s winner is almost certain to be a compatriot for the third successive year.
Equally likely, the women’s winner will be doing the trick...
Haile Gebrselassie to race in New York Half-Marathon
NEW YORK —(January 20, 2010) – Ethiopia’s Haile Gebrselassie, the marathon world record-holder and a two-time Olympic 10,000-meter champion, will race in the New York Half-Marathon in March, race organizers announced Wednesday.
The 36-year-old long distance legend last competed in a US event in 2007, when he won the New York Half-Marathon in a race-record 59 minutes, 24 seconds. Gebrselassie...
World Record is worth $1 million bonus for Haile Gebrselassie in Dubai Marathon
Dubai, UAE – (January 20, 2010) – Haile Gebrselassie pronounced his preparation “perfect” for Friday’s Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon (22), but reminded everyone at today’s press conference that all the other elements had to be perfect too, even for an attempt on his World record of 2:03:59, set in Berlin 18 months ago.
“I’ve made sure I’m in perfect shape,” said the...
Going the distance
Januaruy 18, 2010 – Ethiopian distance-running legends, ‘King’ Kenenisa Bekele and ‘the baby-faced destroyer’ Tirunesh Dibaba, spoke to Nicola Bamford about life as the world’s finest long-distance athletes and their goals to maintain a global grip on supremacy during 2010…
The pair known for their shy and modest demeanours, opened up on the eve of the BUPA...
Ethiopian sweep at the Cross della Vallagarina
Villa Lagarina, ITALY (January 18, 2010) - Ethiopia dominated the 33rd edition of the Cross della Vallagarina near Rovereto on Sunday (17) by taking the win in both the men’s race with Abere Chane and the women’s race with Asmeraworch Bekele.
Men’s race – Chane killed off the competition with a gun-to-tape race taking the lead from the early stages of the 8.8 km race. Abere, who finished...
Teyba Erkesso & Teshome Gelana sweep Houston Marathon
Houston, USA (January 18, 2010) - Teshome Gelana and defending women’s champion Teyba Erkesso led an Ethiopian sweep of the 2010 Chevron Houston Marathon on Sunday (17), each setting course records in the process.
Gelana, 25, running his second ZMarathon in six weeks, broke away from a pack of five runners at the 22-mile mark and finished in 2:07:37. His time shaved 15 seconds off the...
