Posts Tagged ‘record’

Ethiopians sweep men’s and women’s marathon, half marathon in record times in Houston

January 16 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | News, Uncategorized, United States Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

HOUSTON (AP) — Ethiopian runners turned Houston into their own personal showcases on Sunday, sweeping the full and half marathons in record times. Tariku Jufar won the men’s marathon in 2 hours, 6 minutes and 51 seconds, eclipsing the previous best time of 2:07.04 set last year by Ethiopia’s Bekana Daba. Jufar is the fourth straight men’s... Read more

After beating Rudisha, Ethiopian teenager Amman now confident of writing his own history

December 5 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Athletics, Ethiopia, News, People, Sport, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , ,

A young Ethiopian born in the rural countryside of this topographically-diverse nation watches one of the country’s legion of long distance running heroes to take up the sport in athletics. Driven by the motivation to make it to the very top and change his and her family’s fortunes through race winnings, this... 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

Ethiopians shines in Mumbai Marathon by Breaking Records in Both Men’s and Woman’s

January 17 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Athletics, Ethiopia, Featured, Sport, Uncategorized Tags: , , , ,

MUMBAI: Ethiopians Girma Assefa and Koren Yal led a near clean-sweep of the men’s and women’s top three positions in the $325,000 eighth Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon here today besides spearheading a successful assault on the course records in both events. 24-year-old Assefa from Addis Ababa took the men’s honours and also led... Read more

Ethiopian Lelisa Desisa broke a 15 k record in Utica NY

July 11 | Posted by ocean | Uncategorized Tags: , , ,

Utica (WSYR-TV) The 15K course along the roads of Utica was no match for the thousands of men and women who took part in this morning’s race. Both the men’s and women’s course records were broken this morning by Lelise Desisia, a native of Ethiopia and Edna Kiplagat. Desisia’s time was 42 minutes and 46 seconds, which beat... Read more

Torn calf muscle threatens Kenenisa Bekele’s season

May 29 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Sport, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , ,

By Gene Cherry RALEIGH North Carolina (Reuters) – Olympic champion and world 5,000 and 10,000 metres record holder Kenenisa Bekele has a ruptured calf muscle that threatens his outdoor season, the Ethiopian’s manager told Reuters on Thursday. “It is clear he needs four, but probably more … six weeks rest, then start training, so basically you can consider... Read more

Yimer Wude hold a new course Record in Sunfeast World 10K Run

May 23 | Posted by zemen | Ethiopia, News, Sport, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , ,

Yimer Wude of Ethiopia created a new Course Record in Women section, even as Titus Mbieshei of Kenya bagged the gold in the 1,50,000 US Dollar Sunfeast World 10K Run here today. Yimer Wude grabbed gold by finishing the run with a record timing of 31:58 secs and erased earlier timing of 32:02 secs held by Grace... Read more

Ethiopian Gebremariam record the fastest-ever time in 10K

May 15 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Sport, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Gebre Gebremariam, the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country champion, ran the fastest-ever 10K in Central Park, winning the 6th annual UAE Healthy Kidney 10-K in 27 minutes and 42 seconds. Tadese Tola set the course mark of 27:48 last year.
By David Monti, Race Results Weekly | Posted: May 15, 9:10a ET | Updated: ... Read more

Ethiopia’s Firehiwot Dado Breaks River Bank Run Record

May 9 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Sport, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , ,

GRAND RAPIDS — Now that Ethiopia’s Firehiwot Dado has run her first 25K road race, the 26-year-old says she wouldn’t mind scheduling a couple more 15 1/2-mile events down the road. Small wonder. Dado easily overcame the cold and wind that greeted Saturday morning’s Fifth Third River Bank Run to shatter the long-standing 25K American record held by... Read more