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Latest News from Ethiopia – athletes’ information, training and competition news round-up from the Ethiopian capital of Addis-Ababa.
Gelete Burka of and Gilbert Kirwa from will both wear the no 7 bibs for men and women races at the 32nd edition of the BMW Frankfurt Marathon on Sunday. Christoph Kopp, the Elite Race Coordinator for the Frankfurt Marathon, has a habit of giving…
Continue readingEthiopian favourite Yemane Tsegay Adhane won a thrilling battle at the conclusion of the 2013 De Lage Landen Marathon Eindhoven, crossing the line in 2:09:11 and ending a 14-year Kenyan winning streak in the Dutch city on Sunday. Heavy rain…
Continue readingTwo years ago Berlin and Frankfurt produced two fascinating marathon races within an interval of just over a month. First ran a world record at the BMW Berlin Marathon, when he clocked 2:03:38. Then took the BMW Frankfurt Marathon, going agonisingly…
Continue readingDefending champion Meselech Melkamu will return to the scene of her triumph last year when she runs the 32nd edition of the BMW Frankfurt Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on October 27, 2013. The Ethiopian produced the third fastest…
Continue readingEthiopia’s distance running star Kenenisa Bekele bossed the field to win the men’s race at the in a sprint finish ahead of Somali-born Briton Mohammed Farah on Sunday. The world 5000m and 10,000m record-holder won the 13.1-mile course across Newcastle…
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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 Thursday, writes Phil Minshull for the IAAF and the IAAF Diamond League. and , the 5000m and…
Continue readingKenyan led an African sweep of the women’s 3000m Steeplechase final and Ethiopian won the men’s 800m title at the 14th . After two World bronze medals, Cheywa justified her favourite tag – in the absence of defending world and…
Continue readingEthiopian reigning Olympic Champion, , won her third World 10,000m title at the on Sunday. Displaying her trademark kick, the 27-year-old sped away from the field at the bell with an effortless 59.96 seconds last lap to regained the title…
Continue readingKenya’s won the women’s marathon Gold medal on Saturday at the 14th s in Athletics being held in , Russia. The 33-year-old, who led home a clean Kenyan podium sweep in the event in Daegu 2011, made history as the…
Continue readingEthiopia’s Jillo Dube will speak on the Ethiopian method of training for middle and long distances at the 2nd IAAF World Coaches’ Conference scheduled for Moscow on Monday August 19, 2013. The 2nd IAAF World Coaches’ Conference will present the…
Continue readingEthiopian distance superstars, and will face Briton, Somali-born, Mohammed ‘Mo’ Farah in South Shields at the 2013 Bupa Great North Run on Sunday, September 15. The two former Olympic 10,000m champions and the reigning one will contest the same race for…
Continue readingEthiopia’s Meresa Kahsay sets a World Youth best of 5:19.99 to win the boy’s 2000m Steeplechase Gold medal at the 8th IAAF World Youth Championships in Donetsk, Ukraine. Kaysay was seventh at the world juniors last year and took silver medal…
Continue readingEthiopian star Tirunesh Dibaba and Kenyan Ezekiel Kemboi raced to new meeting records with comfortable performances for Africans in front of 50,266 spectators at the Meeting Areva/Diamond League inside the Stade de France in Paris on Saturday. Dibaba, the Olympic…
Continue readingEthiopians Dereje Debele Tulu and Melkam Gizaw took the 11th edition of the METRO GROUP Marathon Duesseldorf on Sunday. In ideal weather conditions 26 year-old Dereje Debele Tulu broke the course record with 2:07:48. It was the first sub 2:08…
Continue readingThe ageless will chase a fifth successive – and sixth in total – title on 26 May at the, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race. The Ethiopian superstar, who will celebrate his 40th birthday next month, admits his age is…
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