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Latest News from Ethiopia – athletes’ information, training and competition news round-up from the Ethiopian capital of Addis-Ababa.
Kenenisa Bekele, one of the world’s greatest ever distance runners, is the 2015 Airtel Delhi Half Marathon Event Ambassador and will attend the race on Sunday 29 November.
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Ethiopia’s Bedatu Hirpa powered past Bahrain’s Dalila Abdulkadir Gosa to win gold in the girls’ 1500m at the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 on Saturday, her winning time of 4:12.92 a 2015 world youth lead.
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Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba smashed the outdoor World Record for the women’s 1500m in 3:50.07 at the Meeting Herculis, IAAF Diamond League in Monaco on Friday.
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Shuru Bulo sprinted to victory in 9:01.12 to deliver the first gold medal for Ethiopia on Day One of the 2015 IAAF World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia on Wednesday.
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Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba set an African women’s 1500m record of 3:54.11 at the Míting Internacional d’Atletisme Centenari de la Federació Catalana held in Barcelona’s Estadi Joan Serrahima stadium on Wesdnesday.
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London Marathon champion Tigist Tufa from Ethiopia will head the women’s field at the 2015 Morrisons Great North Run, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Sunday September 13.
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Ethiopia’s world indoor 3,000m champion, Genzebe Dibaba has officially revealed to the media her intent to break the world 5,000m record in Oslo on Thursday evening.
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Ethiopian long distance running legend Haile Gebrselassie has announced his final decision to retire from competitive running.
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Ethiopian and Kenyan women will battle for supremacy over the 3000m Steeplechase at the Doha 2015 meeting taking place at the Qatar Sports Club on Friday May 15.
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Ethiopian Tigist Tufa tore up the prediction book to win the 35th edition of the Virgin Money London Marathon over more fancied Kenyan rivals in London on Sunday.
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Ethiopian Sisay Lemma stepped in with an amazing performance to secure victory for his country at the Vienna City Marathon after pre-race favourite Getu Feleke dropped out injured.
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Ethiopian athletes swept the medals table in the junior races at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Guiyang 2015 in China on Saturday March 28.
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Organizing partners of the 12th African Junior Athletics Championship said that the 26th CAA Congress and the ongoing championship are the most successful in the championships history.
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Ethiopian Tsegahun Deneke reclaimed the men’s title at the 2015 MDG Gambella 5k race on Sunday 11 January. He was the winner when Great Ethiopian Run organized its second race in Gambella in 2011.
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Ethiopian multiple indoor world record-holder, Genzebe Dibaba, is eyeing the women’s 5000m title at the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China.
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Ethiopia Tilahun Regassa won the 2014 De Lage Landen Marathon Eindhoven in 2:06:21 ahead of Kenyans Jonathan Maiyo (2:06:47) and Alfers Lagat (2:07:10) on Sunday
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Ethiopian duo of Tirfi Tsegaye and Feyse Tadese, together with American Shalane Flanagan, hope to break the 2:20 barrier for the marathon when the 41st edition of the BMW Berlin-Marathon gets underway on Sunday September 28.
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Tsegaye Mekonnen and Getu Feleke chase rare Ethiopian victory at the 2014 BMW Frankfurt Marathon on October 26. Their compatriot, Aberu Kebede headlines the women’s race.
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Ethiopia’s Muktar Edris won the men’s 5000m in a world season’s best of 12:54.83 at the 2014 DN Galan IAAF Diamond League meeting in Stockholm on Thursday.
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Alemitu Haroye led an Ethiopian one-two and outsprinted her team-mate Alemitu Hawi in the final stretch to win the women’s 5000m at the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships in Oregon.
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