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Latest News from Ethiopia – athletes’ information, training and competition news round-up from the Ethiopian capital of Addis-Ababa.
Ethiopia’s Samuel Tefera won his country’s fourth gold medal of the championships in just his fourth ever indoor race, kicking hard in the latter stages of a highly tactical 1500m to deny Poland’s Marcin Lewandowski and Morocco’s 2012 champion Abdelaati Iguider.
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Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha successfully defended his 3000m title with a powerful display of front running over the final kilometre of a tactical final on the final day of the IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018.
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Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba stormed to her fourth successive world indoor title, and third successive in the women’s 3000m at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham last night.
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Genzebe Dibaba headlines the Ethiopian team to the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, UK, and will compete in the women’s 1500m and 3000m from 1-4 March.
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Ethiopia’s Jemal Yimer and Ruti Aga, to headline the Ethiopian team to the 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Valencia on 24 March.
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Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba clocked a world-leading time (3:57.45) to win the women’s 1,500m at the Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe, the first meeting of the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Tour, in Germany on Saturday.
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Ethiopia’s Mosinet Geremew and Roza Dereje smashed the course records to take the men’s and women’s titles at the 2018 Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon, the world’s richest marathon on Friday.
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Ethiopian distance running queen, Tirunesh Dibaba, is the first major name confirmed for the elite women’s race at the 2018 Virgin Money London Marathon.
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It was a double triumph for the Ethiopian runners as Solomon Deksisa and Amane Gobena took the honours at the Tata Mumbai Marathon 2018, winning in 2:09:34 and 2:25:49 respectively on Sunday.
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Ethiopian legend Kenenisa Bekele confirmed he will join Mo Farah and Eliud Kipchoge on the start line for the 2018 Virgin Money London Marathon on 22 April.
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Ethiopian multiple world champion Kenenisa Bekele dominated the Tata Steel Kolkata 25K 2017, breaking away from his rivals just after 18 km before coming home in 1:13:48 on Sunday 17 December.
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Ethiopian multiple world champion and world record-holder Kenenisa Bekele will be looking to add to his list of accolades at the Tata Steel Kolkata 25K on Sunday 17 December.
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Ethiopian duo of Assefa Hunde and Ayelech Negussie has won the inaugural Sangai Run International Half Marathon that took place in the Indian state of Manipur on November 19
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Ethiopia’s Berhanu Legese and Almaz Ayana triumph in 59:46 and 1:07:11 at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon 2017, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Sunday 19 November.
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Ethiopia’s Shura Kitata Tola and Kenya’s Vivian Cheruiyot swept the top prizes at the 36th edition of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on Sunday.
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Ethiopian-born Fate Tola returns to the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on October 29 to improve her 2016 second place finish, but will have her former Ethiopian compatriot Abebech Afework and American Sara Hall to contend with.
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Ethiopians Habitam Alemu and Dawit Seyaum won the women’s 800m and 1500m respectively at the 2017 Muller Grand Prix, the 12th IAAF Diamond League meeting, in Birmingham on Sunday 20 August.
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Ethiopia’s Muktar Edris ended Britain’s Mohammed Farah’s dominance of the men’s 5000m and 10,000m at major championships in grand style at the IAAF World Championships on Saturday night.
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The Ethiopian Athletics Federation (EAF) have announced a 40-member team that will represent the country at the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London, UK from 4-13 August.
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Ethiopia’s Melese Nberet delivered a late kick to take gold in a world U18 lead of 1:47.12 at the IAAF World U18 Championships Nairobi 2017 on Saturday.
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