“...for millions around the world Haile Gebresilassie is more than a sporting icon. His generous and warm character provide a perfect example of how to conduct yourself in life with the utmost dignity."
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THE GREATEST!
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|n Kenenisa Bekele wins the Berlin marathon today with the second fastest time in history (02:01:41). Kenenisa misses the world record by 2 seconds.
Monumental effort and incredible achievement by the
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distance running legend.
Sara Hall of the USA 🇺🇸 - a fantastic athlete and a wonderful human being - is worthy of honourable mention: She finished 5th in the women’s marathon at the
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today. I am sure the four Ethiopian sisters she adopted as her own are proud of their mother’s achievement.
ለማንኛም ከ13 አመታት የስደት ህይወት በኋላ የፊታችን ቅዳሜ ጠዋት የኢትዮጵያን መሬት ረግጣለሁ፡፡ ያባረርከው ወጠጤ ጎረምሳ መላጣና ሽበታም ሽማግሌ ሆኖ ይመለሳል..😂
Your boy has been living in exile since 2005...
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Ethiopia finished third in the medal table at the World U20 Athletics Championships in Cali, Colombia, with 6 Gold🥇, 5 Silver🥈and 1 Bronze🥉medals. This. Is. Incredible.
Tirunesh Dibaba after winning GOLD🥇in the 10000m at the Osaka 2007 World Championships: “If it had been another competition I would have stopped. I only continued because it was a race for my country, and I only finished because it was a race for my country. I had stomach pains”
I don’t care who wins. I just want referee Bamlak Tessema to have a great game in today’s match between Burkina Faso and Senegal. You go, Bamlak! Show CAF & the world of football what you are made of. Smile while penalising the hell out of them. You’ve done it a number of times.
Distance running legend Derartu Tulu has been elected as president of the
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|n Athletics Federation today. Derartu will lead the federation for the next 4 years.
Gold for Ethiopia!!!!
Ethiopian Gotytom Gebresilassie wins a wonderful gold medal in the women’s marathon at the Oregon 2022 World Athletics Championships.
Awesome stuff!!!!!!
A marathon double for Ethiopia in Oregon!!!!
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Gold for Ethiopia. 🥇
A majestic run from Tamerat Tola to win gold medal in the men’s marathon at the Oregon 2022 World Athletics Championships. Tamerat Tola smashed the hell out of the championship record. What a race! What a run from Tamerat!!!!!
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Yesss! This is incredible!🥈🥉
Silver and bronze medals for Ethiopia in the women’s 3000m steeplechase!
Workuha Getachew and Mekdes abebe finish second and third respectively to win SILVER🥈AND BRONZE🥉medals at the Oregon 2022 World Athletics championships.
World Athletics championships, Budapest 2023:
YES!!!!! an Ethiopian 1-2-3 in the women’s 10000m. Gold for Gudaf Tsegay, Silver for Letesenbet Gidey and Bronze for Ejigayehu Taye.
Yessssss!!! 🥇🥉
Gold and Bronze for Ethiopia at the Oregon 2022 World Athletics Championships as Gudaf Tsegay and Dawit Seyaum finish first and third respectively.
Gudaf Tsegay becomes world champion in the women’s 5000m!!!!!
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|n Gudaf Tsegay registers the fifth fastest time in history (29:39.42) as she wins the women’s 10,000m in Portugal today.
Oh, it’s also the fastest 10,000m debut in history. Well done, Gudaf!
Here is your new Olympic Gold Medallist -
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Selemon Barega! I am so happy for Selemon.
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This is how Selemon wins the gold medal in the men’s10,000m at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games [video].
Holy mother of Jesus! 😳 Being able to compete a major marathon event at the age of 41 and then to cap it off with a podium finish - unbelievable!
Ethiopian distance running legend Kenenisa Bekele finishes in second place in 2:04:15 at the London Marathon today. 👏👏👏
Ethiopian Selemon Barega breaks the meeting record as he wins the men’s 3000m with a time of 7:34.03 at the World Athletics Indoor Tour in Madrid today. Selemon’s compatriot Lamecha Girma finishes in second place (7:34.09).
In case you haven’t heard...Gelete Burka led home an
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|n 1-2-3 at the Paris marathon today as she won the race in 2:22:48. Azmera Gebru and Azmera Abreha finished second and third respectively.