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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
[Picture - Tsegaye Kebede]
What a difference a year can make!
Few observers who saw marathon runner Tsegaye Kebede enter the 2007 Abebe Bikila International Marathon in July last year as an unknown but emerge victorious in a new course record time would have thought that he would be carrying Ethiopia’s hopes ...
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Ethiopia's National Football Team
AFP — As Africa prepares to host the 2010 World Cup finals for the first time in South Africa, not very much is there for a continent where managers and players share an equal dose of problems.
With the rest of Africa making progress, football in East and ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - The Ethiopian Olympic Committee (EOC) today announced its strong squad of 36 athletes for the Olympics Games in Beijing, China.
Ethiopia’s squad for Beijing 2008
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1500m: Derese Mekonnen, Mulugeta Wondimu, Mekonnen Gebremedhin, Demma Daba
3000m Steeplechase: Nahom Mesfin, Roba Gari, Yacob Jarso
5000m: Kenenisa Bekele, Tariku Bekele, Abraham ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
LONDON, England (CNN) -- In Beijing in August, Ethiopian runner Haile Gebrselassie will once again find himself staring down the 10,000 meters of rubberized track that curls between him and a third gold medal in the Olympic event.
He won gold in 1996 and 2000, but finished a disappointing fifth in ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Donned in bright red trunks with a mouthguard to protect his teeth, Molla Getachew works on his footwork as part of a daily early-morning routine in a steamy gym in southern Addis Ababa.
With him is Solomon Zinna, a 31-year-old coach who is preparing Molla for ...
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Ethiopia's rich athletics tradition will be showcased at the 16th African track and field championships, the country's biggest-ever sporting competition, which gets underway here on Wednesday.
With the Beijing Olympics looming competing nations are eager to test their talents against the rest of the continent before the ...
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia have forecasted a clean sweep for their distance runners at next week's African Athletics Championships.
More than 2,000 athletes from 43 nations will compete in Addis Ababa at the April 30-May 4 event, which will provide a good chance to warm up for August's Beijing Olympics.
"All of ...
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
By John Mehaffey
Woldemeskel Kostre
LEEDS, England, April 1 (Reuters) - Ethiopian chief athletics coach Woldemeskel Kostre dismissed on Tuesday any prospect of twice Olympic champion Haile Gebrselassie competing in the 10,000 metres at the Beijing Olympics.
ebrselassie, 34, has withdrawn from the Olympic marathon because of his concerns over pollution in Beijing ...
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
KENENISA Bekele lost a shoe yesterday, but won the IAAF World Cross Country Championship for the sixth.
Having equaled the five victories of Paul Ngugi and Paul Tergat two years ago, the Ethiopian is now the only man to win six long-course titles, and at the age of 25 is already ...
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Monday, March 10th, 2008
PARIS (AFP) — World record holder Haile Gebreselassie of Ethiopia looks set to miss the Beijing Olympics marathon as he fears his health could be endangered by the city's pollution, his agent said Monday.
"He will probably not the run the marathon in Beijing. It's not 100 percent sure but it ...
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