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Ethiopia
Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey ran 14:08.79 at Berlin's ISTAF Meeting, but missed reclaiming the 5,000m world record by four secs.
Ethiopia
Senbere Teferi, who holds the 5k world record, is part of a formidable group of African runners in the 2023 Vienna City Marathon's competitive...
Ethiopia
Ethiopia's star runner Lamecha Girma, known for his impressive collection of silver medals, added a shiny new world record to his trophy cabinet at...
Ethiopia
Ethiopian multiple indoor world record-holder, Genzebe Dibaba, is eyeing the women's 5000m title at the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China.
Ethiopia
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...
Ethiopia
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...
Ethiopia
Tsegaye Mekonnen and Getu Feleke chase rare Ethiopian victory at the 2014 BMW Frankfurt Marathon on October 26. Their compatriot, Aberu Kebede headlines the...
Ethiopia
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...
Ethiopia
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...
Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s world youth 3000m champion Yomif Kejelcha led for most of the last kilometre to win the men’s 5000m in 13:25.19 at the 2014...
Ethiopia
Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba, put her patchy outdoor season form behind her with a strong performance to win the women’s 5000 metres at the IAAF...
Ethiopia
Ethiopians Kenenisa Bekele and Tirunesh Dibaba won the men's and women's races at the Bupa Great Manchester Run in the North West of England...
Ethiopia
Hellen Onsando Obiri sets a new African and Kenyan record in the women's 3000m at the 2014 IAAF Diamond League in Doha on Friday,...
Botswana
African 800m stars Mohammed Aman of Ethiopia and Nijel Amos of Botswana talk tactics, friendship and David Rudisha on the eve of 2014 IAAF...
Ethiopia
Chelsea FC fan Genzebe Dibaba has an unfinished business in Doha. After two disappointments, Dibaba is favourite to win the IAAF Diamond Race 3000m...
Ethiopia
World 800m champion Mohammed Aman of Ethiopia is the latest star to join the field of the IAAF Diamond League Doha 2014 after world...
Ethiopia
Tirunesh Dibaba, the reigning world and Olympic champion at 10,000m, returns to the North West of England to defend her title in the Bupa...
Ethiopia
Ethiopia's Dejen Gebremeskel set a new men's event record of 13:26 to win, in a photo finish, his second consecutive title at the sixth...
Ethiopia
Ethiopian Getu Feleke clocked a superb course record of 2:05:41 to win the 31st Vienna City Marathon in good weather conditions on Sunday.
East Africa
Distance running legend Haile Gebrselassie will open the 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon Expo at London Dockland's Excel Exhibition Centre at 11am on Wednesday...
East Africa
Ethiopia's three-time Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele notched up another impressive milestone in an already glittering career by winning the Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris...
East Africa
Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba crowned a spectacular winter season with victory in the women's 3000m clocking 8:55.04 ahead of Kenyan Hellen Onsando Obiri at the...
East Africa
Ethiopia’s Mohammed Aman won back to back World Indoor 800m gold medal on Sunday at the World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland after overtaking...
East Africa
Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba smashed another world Indoor record, her third in 2 weeks, this time the two-mile record at the British Indoor Grand Prix...
East Africa
German-based Ethiopian, Eleni Gebrehiwot, defended her title at the ING Euro Cross Country meeting in the Luxembourg town of Diekirch on Sunday. Gebrehiwot, 31, won the...
East Africa
Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba broke the world indoor 3000m record with a stunning 8:16.60 run at the Stockholm’s XL Galan, an IAAF Indoor Permit meeting...
East Africa
Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba smashed the women’s 1500m World Indoor Record at the IAAF Indoor track and field meeting in Karlsruhe, Germany on Saturday. Dibaba,...
East Africa
A combination of the biggest pot of prize money and most pancake-flat course among the major marathons means that extraordinary results can be expected...
East Africa
Ethiopian World cross-country vice champion Imane Merga celebrated his third victory at the BOclassic New Year’s Eve run after an incredibly thrilling finish in 28...
East Africa
Ethiopian Imane Merga and Kenyan Gladys Cherono will start as favourites at the 39th edition of the International New Year’s Eve Run – BOClassics...
East Africa
The World 800m champion Mohammed Aman believes he has had the perfect year after his success in the Diamond league and at the World Championships in Moscow....
East Africa
Gelete Burka of [link id=”82″ tax=”category” text=”Ethiopia” target=”_blank”] and Gilbert Kirwa from [link id=”81″ tax=”category” text=”Kenya”] will both wear the no 7 bibs for men...
East Africa
Ethiopian favourite Yemane Tsegay Adhane won a thrilling battle at the conclusion of the 2013 De Lage Landen Marathon Eindhoven, crossing the line in...
East Africa
Two years ago Berlin and Frankfurt produced two fascinating marathon races within an interval of just over a month. First [link id=”301″ tax=”post_tag” text=”Patrick...
East Africa
Defending champion Meselech Melkamu will return to the scene of her triumph last year when she runs the 32nd edition of the BMW Frankfurt Marathon,...
East Africa
Ethiopia’s distance running star Kenenisa Bekele bossed the field to win the men’s race at the [link id=”221″ tax=”post_tag” text=”2013 Bupa Great North Run”]...
East Africa
Meseret Defar’s outstanding 5000m win over her compatriot Tirunesh Dibaba was the highlights of the first of this season’s IAAF Diamond League finals on...
East Africa
Kenyan [link id=”255″ tax=”post_tag” text=”Milcah Chemos Cheywa”] led an African sweep of the women’s 3000m Steeplechase final and Ethiopian [link id=”256″ tax=”post_tag” text=”Mohammed Aman”]...