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Yemane Tsegay takes Lake Biwa Marathon crown
published 3 days, 23 hours, 1 minute ago posted by adminadmin 3 days, 23 hours, 5 minutes ago
Monday, March 08, 2010 12:06:28 AM GMT Monday, March 08, 2010 12:02:29 AM GMT
Tsegay takes Lake Biwa crown Yemane Tsegay taking the Lake Biwa Marathon title (Yohei Kamiyama/Agence SHOT) Breaking away from the lead pack after 22Km, Yemane Tsegay of Ethiopia won the Lake Biwa Marathon on Sunday. (more)
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Shetaye Gemechu first Ethiopian runner to test positive for EPO
published 4 days, 21 hours, 59 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 4 days, 22 hours, 7 minutes ago
Sunday, March 07, 2010 1:08:13 AM GMT Sunday, March 07, 2010 1:00:33 AM GMT
Olympic marathoner Shetaye Gemechu has received a two-year ban from the Ethiopian Athletics Federation after testing positive for the banned substance EPO. The 29-year old is the third high profile Ethiopian in the last six years to be charged with a doping offense but first to test positive for EPO. She denied the charges in an exclusive Universal Sports interview. (more)
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Tergat says Kenya must find a way to stop Ethiopia | News by Country | Reuters
published 17 days, 16 hours, 14 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 17 days, 16 hours, 14 minutes ago
Monday, February 22, 2010 6:53:43 AM GMT Monday, February 22, 2010 6:53:25 AM GMT
Kenyan coaches must improve training and motivation if the country is to end Ethiopia's dominance of the world cross country championships, five-times world champion Paul Tergat said on Saturday. (more)
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Haile Gebrselassie to race in New York Half-Marathon
published 47 days, 18 hours, 34 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 47 days, 18 hours, 48 minutes ago
Saturday, January 23, 2010 4:33:32 AM GMT Saturday, January 23, 2010 4:19:19 AM GMT
Haile Gebrselassie will race in the New York Half-Marathon in March, race organizers announced Wednesday. (more)
Digg It category: Sport | comment | | source: www.tadias.com tags: athletics, Haile Gebreselassie, Marathon

Bizunesh Urgesa takes Mumbai title
published 52 days, 18 hours, 50 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 52 days, 18 hours, 50 minutes ago
Monday, January 18, 2010 4:17:31 AM GMT Monday, January 18, 2010 4:17:14 AM GMT
Running on a new course and in relatively hot conditions, the defending champions and top gunners went unnoticed as newer faces, Kenyan Denis Ndiso and Bizunesh Urgesa of Ethiopia, took over the prime spots in the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon here on Sunday. (more)
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Bekele Disappoints, Dibaba Wins In Snowy Edinburgh
published 58 days, 14 hours, 24 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 58 days, 14 hours, 40 minutes ago
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 8:42:59 AM GMT Tuesday, January 12, 2010 8:27:06 AM GMT
Three-time champion Kenenisa Bekele finished a distant fourth, while Tirunesh Dibaba won the women’s race. (more)
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Bekele slumps in Edinburgh cross-country defeat
published 59 days, 16 hours, 47 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 59 days, 16 hours, 48 minutes ago
Monday, January 11, 2010 6:20:50 AM GMT Monday, January 11, 2010 6:19:50 AM GMT
EDINBURGH (AFP) – Ethiopia distance star Kenenisa Bekele could only manage fourth place in the nine kilometre Edinburgh cross-country race as he suffered a rare defeat on Saturday. Joseph Ebuya led a Kenyan clean sweep of the podium places as Bekele, returning to the snow-covered Holyrood Park venue for the first time since winning his [...] (more)
Digg It category: Sport | comment | | source: abbaymedia.com tags: athletics, Kenenisa Bekele

Bekele & Dibaba: Duo Raise The Bar
published 61 days, 16 hours, 45 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 61 days, 16 hours, 46 minutes ago
Saturday, January 09, 2010 6:22:27 AM GMT Saturday, January 09, 2010 6:20:59 AM GMT
I’m not sure we know how lucky we are that Kenenisa Bekele and Tirunesh Dibaba have chosen to make so many appearances in the United Kingdom. The world’s two greatest [...] (more)
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2009 – End of Year Reviews – LONG DISTANCE, Track
published 68 days, 17 hours, 29 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 68 days, 18 hours, 4 minutes ago
Saturday, January 02, 2010 5:38:32 AM GMT Saturday, January 02, 2010 5:03:52 AM GMT
Monte Carlo (December 28, 2009) – A. Lennart Julin (SWE) and Mirko Jalava (FIN) continue with their annual look back at past season with a focus on the Long Distance action on the track. (more)
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Haile Gebreselassie to build new training center in Ethiopia
published 95 days, 22 hours, 13 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 95 days, 22 hours, 29 minutes ago
Sunday, December 06, 2009 12:53:52 AM GMT Sunday, December 06, 2009 12:38:40 AM GMT
ADDIS ABABA — Yaya Africa Athletics Village PLC, a new company established in 2009, has begun the construction of a modern athletics village in Sululta, 11 KM outside Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. The project is worth an estimated 80 million birr and will be constructed in three phases. The shareholders of the company include two prominent [...] Related posts:Ethiopia’s super Olympian Kenenisa Bekele to build sports centerHaile Gebreselassie donates to National Eye Bank of EthiopiaChina propose... (more)
Digg It category: Sport | comment | | source: www.ethiopianreview.com tags: athletics, Haile Gebreselassie