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Dibaba wins 10,000 race at African championships

published 32 days, 18 hours, 17 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 32 days, 18 hours, 39 minutes ago
Monday, August 02, 2010 5:42:56 AM GMT Monday, August 02, 2010 5:21:44 AM GMT
Double Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia beat world champion Linet Masai of Kenya in the women's 10,000 meters at the African Athletics Championships on Saturday. (more)
Digg It category: Sport | comment | | source: www.tadias.com tags: Atheletics, ethiopia, sport, Tirunesh Dibaba

Haile Gebrselassie�may run in N.Y. Marathon

published 91 days, 16 hours, 40 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 91 days, 16 hours, 42 minutes ago
Friday, June 04, 2010 7:20:28 AM GMT Friday, June 04, 2010 7:18:28 AM GMT
Look for an official announcement Wednesday that Haile Gebrselassie, the fastest marathoner in history, will make his U.S. marathon debut in New York on Nov. 7. He plans to run with 1,200 school kids this week to celebrate National Running Day in New York, and his official announcement should follow. The 37-year-old Ethiopian legend has run two half marathons in the Big Apple, most recently this spring, and has built an affinity for both the city and the New York Road Runners organization that stages the... (more)

Haile Gebrselassie Announces Plan to Run in New York City Marathon

published 91 days, 16 hours, 41 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 91 days, 16 hours, 43 minutes ago
Friday, June 04, 2010 7:19:14 AM GMT Friday, June 04, 2010 7:17:13 AM GMT
Haile Gebrselassie, the Ethiopian world record holder marathon runner, will make his ING New York City Marathon debut this fall. Gebrselassie made the announcement Wednesday while taking part in the New York Road Runners fun run at Randall's Island in celebration of National Running Day. “Someday someone will ask me, ‘Did you win New York City?’ If I don’t run New York, then my career cannot be complete,” Gebrselassie told New York Road Runners. The last time Gebrselassie competed in New York City the ou... (more)
Digg It category: Sport | comment | | source: www.dnainfo.com tags: Atheletics, ethiopia, Haile Gebrselassie, Marathon

Gebre Gebremariam Sets Record in Central Park

published 106 days, 20 hours, 13 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 106 days, 20 hours, 22 minutes ago
Thursday, May 20, 2010 3:47:11 AM GMT Thursday, May 20, 2010 3:38:23 AM GMT
Gebre Gebremariam of Ethiopia set a course record in the Healthy Kidney 10K race in Central Park. (more)
Digg It category: Sport | comment | | source: www.tadias.com tags: Atheletics, Gebre Gebremariam

Ethiopian Kebede wins London Marathon

published 130 days, 17 hours, 18 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 130 days, 17 hours, 44 minutes ago
Monday, April 26, 2010 6:42:24 AM GMT Monday, April 26, 2010 6:16:38 AM GMT
Last year’s runner-up Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia has won the 2010 London Marathon in a time of two hours, five minutes and 18 seconds. Olympic bronze medallist Kebede forced the pace with six miles remaining to finish over a minute ahead of his rivals. In a 1-2-3 for African nations, Kenya’s Emmanuel [...] (more)
Digg It category: Sport | comment | | source: ecadforum.com tags: Atheletics, Ethiopia Marathon, Marathon, Tsegaye Kebede

ኢትዮጵያዊው ሮቤል በቫንኩቨሩ የክረምት ኦሎምፒክ ይሳተፋል

published 215 days, 21 hours, 18 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 215 days, 21 hours, 28 minutes ago
Sunday, January 31, 2010 2:42:50 AM GMT Sunday, January 31, 2010 2:31:56 AM GMT
በክረምት ኦሎምፒክ ታሪክ ኢትዮጵያን ወክሎ በመወዳደር የመጀመሪያው የሆነው የ35 ዓመቱ ወጣት ሮቤል ተክለማርያም በሚቀጥለው ወር በቫንኩቨር - ካናዳ በሚጀመረው የክረምት (ዊንተር) ኦሎምፒክ ለመሳተፍ ዝግጅቱን ማጠናቀቁን ገለጸ። (more)
Digg It category: Sport | comment | | source: www.ethiopiazare.com tags: Atheletics, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian news, sport

Mesfin out-sprints World champion Gebremariam in Amorebieta

published 233 days, 20 hours, 20 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 233 days, 20 hours, 29 minutes ago
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 3:40:11 AM GMT Wednesday, January 13, 2010 3:31:16 AM GMT
Ethiopia’s Humegaw Mesfin provided a major upset today taking a shock win at the ‘56th Cross Internacional Zornotza’. In a thrilling photo-finish sprint on a snowy but not unduly cold day (temperature 8ºC), the 20-year-old defeated the reigning World Cross Country champion Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam, also of Ethiopia. The race had been billed as an [...] (more)
Digg It category: Sport | comment | | source: abbaymedia.com tags: Atheletics, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian news, sport

Alemtsehay Misganaw wins at the 73rd Manchester Women Road Race

published 277 days, 22 hours, 30 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 277 days, 22 hours, 52 minutes ago
Monday, November 30, 2009 1:30:32 AM GMT Monday, November 30, 2009 1:08:15 AM GMT
By Mamo Gebrehiwot - Manchester (November 26, 2009) -  Alemtsehay Misganaw, an Ethiopian athlete who lives in New York City and who was fourth last year, won the 73rd Manchester Women Road Race in 25:25 to receive the $3,000 first finish prize money.  Two other Ethiopians, Teyba Naser and Hirut Mandefro, who make their homes in Albuquerque, [...] (more)

Gebre-Egziabher Gebremariam wins at Soria

published 277 days, 22 hours, 30 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 277 days, 22 hours, 53 minutes ago
Monday, November 30, 2009 1:30:32 AM GMT Monday, November 30, 2009 1:07:11 AM GMT
Soria, Spain (November 29, 2009) – Ethiopia’s Gebre-Egziabher Gebremariam confirmed his role as overwhelming favourite to capture victory in convincing fashion at the 16th ‘Cross Internacional de Soria’ – the second leg of the this season’s IAAF Cross Country Permit Meetings series – held on this cold Sunday afternoon. In doing so, the reigning men’s World [...] (more)