Posts Tagged ‘Athletics’

Ethiopia’s Olympic champions Kenenisa Bekele and Tirunesh Dibaba Banned From Competition With Other 35 Athlets

January 21 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Athletics, Ethiopia, News, People, Sport, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , ,

Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia’s Olympic 5,000 and 10,000 metres champion, is among 35 athletes banned from competition by their national federation in a row over training. The Ethiopian Athletics Federation, angry over flagging results in recent years, summoned 200 athletes to a training camp two months ago ahead of the World Indoor Championships in March and the London... Read more

Ethiopians Dominate Florence Marathon in Men and Women

November 27 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Athletics, News, Sport, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Florence, Italy – Ethiopia claimed a winning sweep at the 28th Florence Marathon in both men’s and women’s races thanks to Berga Birhanu Bekele who crossed the finish line first in 2:09:52 ahead of Gela Hailu Seifu (2:10:17) and favourite Asha Gigi, who won the women’s race in 2:31:36. About 9000 runners toed the starting... Read more

Ethiopian Mohammed Amman won 800 meters in Milan, Rare loss for Kenyan Rudisha

September 19 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Athletics, Ethiopian, News, Sport, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , , , , , ,

MILAN (AP) – World record holder David Rudisha had a rare loss in the 800 meters Sunday, finishing second to Mohammed Amman of Ethiopia at the Milan Notturna meet. The 17-year-old Aman passed Rudisha entering the final straight at Milan’s 19th century Arena Civica and edged the Kenyan to the line in 1 ... Read more

15 Ethiopian Athelets Missing

September 14 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Athletics, Ethiopian, News, Sport, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , ,

Maputo, Mozambique, Sept. 14, GNA – The Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the 10th All Africa Games has announced that 15 Ethiopian athletes are missing from the Games Village, 11 days into the competition in Maputo, Mozambique. Penalva Cesar, Deputy Director of the LOC and a Spokesperson in an address at a press conference on Wednesday in Maputo,... Read more

Ambitious Mare Dibaba looking for Ethiopian Olympic spot in Toronto

September 14 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Athletics, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, News, People, Sport, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

Toronto, Canada – With defending Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon champion Sheron Cherop representing Kenya at the 2011 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Daegu, Korea, the women’s STWM race ought to be wide open. But nobody needs to tell Mare Dibaba that.  The 21-year-old Ethiopian has been on a tear since her debut... Read more

Ethiopian Runners Take Five Medals in All-African Games

September 12 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Athletics, Ethiopian, News, Sport, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

Ethiopian long-distance runners dominated the first day of athletics at the All-Africa Games on Sunday. The country took the top three positions in the men’s 3 000-metre steeplechase with Birhan Getahun Shiferaw crossing the line first in 8:17.36. He was followed by Roba Gari Chubeta, with Sisay Koreme Mojo third. In the women’s 5 000m,... Read more

Ethiopian Mehari Gebre Baraki wins inaugural Liberia Marathon

August 29 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Athletics, Ethiopian, News, People, Sport, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , , , , , , ,

APA Monrovia (Liberia) Ethiopian runner Mehari Gebre Baraki, 23, clocked a little over two hours to win the inaugural Liberia Marathon in which a pack of 1,500 registered runners, including Liberian leader Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, took part on Sunday. Baraki, who in April this year won the Alexander The Great Marathon in Thessaloniki, Greece, finished first in an event which was... Read more

Athletics- Kenenisa Bekele to defend world title despite year out

August 17 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, People, Uncategorized, United States Tags: , , , , , ,

By Gene Cherry RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) – Ethiopian Olympic and world champion Kenenisa Bekele will defend his 10,000 metres world title later this month despite not having raced since early 2010, his manager said on Tuesday. “He is going to Daegu and (will) run. He is training well,” Jos Hermens told Reuters in a telephone interview. Bekele, 29, has never lost a... Read more

Yared Hagos breaks 10k record in Darlington, UK

August 15 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | News, People, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , , , , , , ,

TYNESIDE-based Ethiopian, Yared Hagos, was in devastating form in yesterday’s Sherwoods Chevrolet Darlington 10k, smashing the course record by 20 seconds. Now living in Newcastle after moving from Yorkshire where he competed in the Bradford Airedale colours, Hagos covered the two-lap course in 30 minutes six seconds, dipping inside Martin Scaife’s record set six years ago. In a record field of 1,100 finishers,... Read more

Ethiopian runners dominate New Milford’s Moonlight Run 5K

July 9 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Athletics, News, Sport, Uncategorized, United States, World Tags: , , , , , , , ,

NEW MILFORD — With more than three miles already behind them in the New Milford Moonlight Run 5k road race, Ethiopians Kumse Megersa and Abiyot Endale were still running side by side and matching each other stride for stride. They had separated themselves from the rest of the pack, and the only thing that... Read more

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