Hong Kong – (IAAF) Dereje Abera (men) and Misiker Mekonnen Demissie (women) of Ethiopia set new course records at the Hong Kong Marathon here today. Losing a Marathon by one second last year taught Dereje Abera of Ethiopia a lesson that he put to good use this morning (5), when he won the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon – an IAAF Bronze... Read more
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Ethiopian Athletes set new course records in Hong Kong
February 5 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Athletics, Ethiopia, News, Sport, Uncategorized, World Tags: Abera, Cheptei, Dereje, Dereje Abera, Ethiopian runners, Hong kong marathon, Laban Moiben, Mekonnen Demissie, Misiker, Misiker Mekonnen Demissie, New Record, record, Teyba Naser, wins, Won
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: Ethiopians, Half Marathon, Houston, Houston Marathon, marathon, men’s, record, wins, women’s, WonHOUSTON (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 champion from the African... 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: Amman, athlethics, Ethiopian athletes, Mohammed Aman, Mohammed Amman, record, Rudisha, World ChampionshipsA 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 runner trains long... Read more
Yared Hagos breaks 10k record in Darlington, UK
August 15 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | News, People, Uncategorized, World Tags: 10K, Athletics, New Record, record, runner, wins, Won, Yared, Yared hagosTYNESIDE-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, Hagos added a nice... 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: Athletics, Girma assefa, Koren Yal, Mumbai Marathon, recordMUMBAI: 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 a 1-2 sweep for... Read more
Ethiopian Lelisa Desisa broke a 15 k record in Utica NY
July 11 | Posted by ocean | Uncategorized Tags: Athletics, Leli, lelisa, recordUtica (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 the record by eight... Read more
Torn calf muscle threatens Kenenisa Bekele’s season
May 29 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Sport, Uncategorized Tags: athlethics, Bekele, champion, Kenenisa, record, runBy 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 the season is over,”... Read more
Yimer Wude hold a new course Record in Sunfeast World 10K Run
May 23 | Posted by zemen | Ethiopia, News, Sport, Uncategorized Tags: 10K, athlethics, record, run, sunfeast, Yimer wubeYimer 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 Momanyi, who was joint... Read more
Ethiopian Gebremariam record the fastest-ever time in 10K
May 15 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Sport, Uncategorized, World Tags: 10K, athlethics, Gebre, gebremariam, haile, newyork, ran, record, winnerGebre 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.
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