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Latest News from Ethiopia – athletes’ information, training and competition news round-up from the Ethiopian capital of Addis-Ababa.
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.
Continue readingOrganizing 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.
Continue readingEthiopian 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.
Continue readingEthiopian multiple indoor world record-holder, Genzebe Dibaba, is eyeing the women’s 5000m title at the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China.
Continue readingEthiopia 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
Continue readingEthiopian 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.
Continue readingTsegaye 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.
Continue readingEthiopia’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.
Continue readingEthiopia’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 IAAF World Junior Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
Continue readingEthiopia’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 Diamond League – Golden Gala meeting in Rome on Thursday.
Continue readingEthiopians 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 on Sunday May 18, 2014.
Continue readingHellen Onsando Obiri sets a new African and Kenyan record in the women’s 3000m at the 2014 IAAF Diamond League in Doha on Friday, leading a Kenyan sweep home in 8:20.68.
Continue readingAfrican 800m stars Mohammed Aman of Ethiopia and Nijel Amos of Botswana talk tactics, friendship and David Rudisha on the eve of 2014 IAAF Diamond league kick-off in Doha.
Continue readingChelsea FC fan Genzebe Dibaba has an unfinished business in Doha. After two disappointments, Dibaba is favourite to win the IAAF Diamond Race 3000m on Friday.
Continue readingWorld 800m champion Mohammed Aman of Ethiopia is the latest star to join the field of the IAAF Diamond League Doha 2014 after world record-holder and Olympic champion David Rudisha of Kenya pulls out.
Continue readingTirunesh Dibaba, the reigning world and Olympic champion at 10,000m, returns to the North West of England to defend her title in the Bupa Great Manchester Run on Sunday May 18.
Continue readingEthiopia’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 annual B.A.A. 5K in Boston on Saturday.
Continue readingEthiopian Getu Feleke clocked a superb course record of 2:05:41 to win the 31st Vienna City Marathon in good weather conditions on Sunday.
Continue readingDistance running legend Haile Gebrselassie will open the 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon Expo at London Dockland’s Excel Exhibition Centre at 11am on Wednesday April 9, 2014.
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