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A reception to honor Ethiopian Athletes
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - British Ambassador to Ethiopia, Greg Dorey on Thursday hosted a reception in honor of Ethiopian athletes who hope to take part in the London 2012 Olympic Games on Thursday 16 February 2012.
A large group of young and upcoming Athletes as well officials from Ethiopian Olympic Committee and the Athletics Federation attended the reception at the British Embassy.
“London 2012...
Genzebe Dibaba wins in Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe, Germany – Genzebe Dibaba, younger sister of Tirunesh and Ejigayehu Dibaba, won the women’s 1,500m here in 4:00.13, a world leader time and the fastest 1,500m since the 2008 World Indoor Championships.
It put the Ethiopian in the number-five spot in indoor athletics’ history. As the final pacer departed, Dibaba had a 7-metre advantage over Helen Obiri with three laps left. Over the...
VILLAGISATION OF ATHLETICS
Ya Ya Athletics Village (Photo: Addis Fortune)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Addis Fortune) – Ever since the great marathon runner Abebe Bikila (Maj) stunned the athletics world by not only breaking the record time of two hours and 12 minutes but also beating the ground for 42 kilometres with his bare feet, Ethiopian distance runners have made a name for themselves over the years. They have...
Meseret Defar Chasing Historic Fifth World Indoor Gold
Meseret Defar of Ethiopia is going for an unprecedented fifth straight 3000m title at the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul in March, after taking gold at every edition of the biennial championships since 2004.
“With my third title, I equaled Gabriela Szabo’s record,” said Defar in an interview in Boston last Saturday where she competed in the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, clocking...
Tirunesh Dibaba & Meseret Defar post victories in Boston
Boston, MA – Tirunesh Dibaba and Meseret Defar of Ethiopia posted victories in their respective races at the 17th edition of New Balance Indoor Grand Prix here last night.
Dibaba won the women 2 Mile in 9:21.60, while Defar took first place in the 3,000m in 8:33.57.
The track meet, which is part of the USATF Visa Series, is held annually at the Reggie Lewis Track Facility at Roxbury Community College.
Rousing...
Tiki Gelana wins Half-Marathon race in Japan
Marugame, Japan – (IAAF) Tiki Gelana of Ethiopia broke away after 5Km and won the 66th annual Kagawa-Marugame Half Marathon race here today by nearly two minutes in 1:08:48. As expected, Gelana set a huge personal best, which stood at 1:10:22 until this morning.
Meanwhile, a race of attrition was in progress in the large chase pack behind the Ethiopian. By 20Km the chase pack was reduced to Kaoru...
Ethiopian Runners set new course records in Hong Kong
Hong Kong – (IAAF) Dereje Abera (men) and Misiker Mekonnen Demissie (women) of Ethiopia set new course records at the Hong Kong Marathon here today.
Losing a Marathon by one second last year taught Dejere Abera of Ethiopia a lesson that he put to good use this morning (5), when he won the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon – an IAAF Bronze Label Road Race - by less than a second. Indeed...
Yakob Jarso finishes 3rd in Marathon Debut
Beppu, Japan – Yakob Jarso of Ethiopia made his marathon debut by finishing 3rd at the 61st Beppu-Oita Marathon here today, while his Ethiopian compatriot Desta Gebrehiwet came in 6th.
Kenyan Harun Njoroge won the race in 2:09:38, the first sub-2:10 performance of his career.
The Beppu-Oita Marathon is an IAAF Silver Label Road Race.
Marathon debutant Yakob Jarso of Ethiopia finished third with...
Yakob Jarso to make marathon debut at Beppu-Oita
Beppu, Japan – Yakob Jarso of Ethiopia will make his marathon debut at the 61st Beppu-Oita Marathonon here on Sunday.
Jarso will be joined by fellow Ethiopian Desta Gebrehiwet(2:11.55) and race favorites Samson Ramadhani of Tanzania (2:08.01) and Abdellah Falil of Morocco (2:08.18)..
Samson Ramadhani and Abdellah Falil are the only runners at this IAAF Silver Label Road Race with personal best...
Aselefech Mergia seeks 3rd Dubai title, to invest prize money in Ethiopia
Dubai: Aselefech Mergia of Ethiopia, who defended her women’s Dubai Marathon title in style by breaking the course record and winning $250,000 in prize money for the second year in a row, is now eyeing a hat-trick here next year, reported Gulf News here today.
“This is a special place for me and it was a special day. I broke not only the course record but the Ethiopian record too. I’m...
