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Bizunesh Urgesa takes Mumbai title
Mumbai, India – (January 17, 2010) – Running on a new course and in relatively hot conditions, the defending champions and top gunners went unnoticed as newer faces, Kenyan Denis Ndiso and Bizunesh Urgesa of Ethiopia, took over the prime spots in the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon here on Sunday.
Urgesa leads Ethiopian sweep – women’s race
While Kenyans were largely dominating the men’s...
Kenenisa Bekele & Tirunesh Dibaba head stellar cast in frozen Edinburgh
Edinburgh, UK – (Januaary 7, 2010) – Kenenisa Bekele, and comeback queen Hayley Yelling, will be joined by Tirunesh Dibaba in Edinburgh’s Holyrood Park on Saturday (9) to take on some of the world’s best mud-larks in fierce battles for supremacy over a challenging course in the BUPA Great Edinburgh International Cross Country.
Given the present state of the weather in the UK, cold temperatures...
Abraham Cherkos wins at the 53rd Campaccio XC
San Giorgio su Legnano, Italy – (January 7, 2010) – Abraham Cherkos Feleke from Ethiopia, the reigning World Junior 5000m champion, won the 53rd edition of the Campaccio International Cross Country race – EA Permit – which took place today (6) in San Giorgio su Legnano.
Cherkos beat last year’s Campaccio winner Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge by one second thanks to his devastating kick...
Haile Gebrselassie expected to tower over his opponents in Dubai
Dubai, UAE – (January 5, 2010) – In the wake of Monday’s opening of the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, rising more than 800 metres over the desert floor, the emirate of Dubai awaits the arrival of Haile Gebrselassie, fastest man in the world at the marathon.
Inside a decade, the upcoming Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon (22 January) has gone from a backwater event to become...
Veteran Sports Journalist Kebede Beyene passed away
By Mamo Gebrehiwot
Addis Ababa (January 2, 2010) – Veteran sports journalist Kebede Beyene passed away last month after a brief illness, said his son Binyam “Ben” Kebede, of EthiopiaFirst.com. He was 64-year-old.
I met Gash Kebede while working for the Ethiopian Herald sports page (1978-1980). Being a novice for the trade, I used to go to his office on many occasions seeking...
Haile Gebrselassie beats the confetti and rain in Trier
Trier (January 2, 2010) – It was only the rain of confetti that slowed Haile Gebrselassie in Trier’s Bitburger New Year’s Eve race on Thursday afternoon (31).
The great Ethiopian dominated the 8 km race which took place on a one kilometre loop course in front of an estimated 20,000 spectators. In rainy conditions Gebrselassie clocked 22:23 while Russia’s Yelena Zadorozhnaya took the 5 km...
Ethiopian sweep in Peuerbach
Ethiopians Abere Chane and Asmera-Work-Bekele Wolkeba took the wins at Austria’s most prestigious Silvester Race in Peuerbach on New Year’s Eve.
Twenty-five-year old Chane had to fight until the very last stages to beat Austrian Günther Weidlinger by a mere two metres. Both were timed at 18:49 over the 6.8 kilometre course and came within three seconds of the course record set by Richard Limo....
Lilesa and Bayisa lead Ethiopian sweep in Xiamen
Xiamen, China – (January 2, 2010) – Rising star Feyisa Lilesa, won the Xiamen International marathon on Saturday (3) followed about a minute later by fellow Ethiopian Negari Getachew Terfa, and last year’s winner, Kenyan Samuel Muturi Mugo.
Another Ethiopian, Atsede Bayisa, made history in this coastal city of 2.3 million by becoming the first foreign athlete to win the woman’s race...
