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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 ... Continue Reading

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 ... Continue Reading

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 ... Continue Reading

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 ... Continue Reading

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 ... Continue Reading

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 ... Continue Reading

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 ... Continue Reading

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 ... Continue Reading

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 ... Continue Reading

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 ... Continue Reading