Reuters July 30, 2010 Jack Oyoo NAIROBI – Kenya’s David Rudisha retained the African Championships 800 metres title in the fastest time ever run in the athletics-mad country but remained guarded about attacking Wilson Kipketer’s world record soon. “I had planned to run 1 min 41sec this year which I did in Belgium. Today I [...]
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Cheruiyot doubles up for Kenya
July 31, 2010 – 12:53 am
Reuters July 29, 2010 NAIROBI – Kenya’s world champion Vivian Cheruiyot won the 5,000 metres after a terrific last lap sprint with big Ethiopian rival Meseret Defar on the second day of the African Championships on Thursday. Her victory followed that of compatriot Wilson Kiprop in the 10,000 metres on Wednesday. Cheruiyot won in 16:18.72 [...]
Kiprop gives Kenya 10,000m gold
July 28, 2010 – 11:33 pm
AFP July 28, 2010 Aileen Kimutai NAIROBI — Hosts Kenya claimed the first gold in the African Athletics championships on Wednesday when Wilson Kiprop held off Uganda’s Moses Kipsiro to win the men’s 10,000 metres. Kiprop, the national record holder, moved into the lead on the final bend after taking over from his tiring compatriot [...]
Luck helps Dibaba win 5000m; Sisson sets record
July 22, 2010 – 9:50 pm
Universal Sports, US July 22, 2010 Chris Lotsbom Ethiopian capitalizes on stumble by Cherono; Sisson takes down U.S. high school mark With a bold, late-race move and a little luck, Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba took home the 5000m title at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Moncton, Canada today. Dueling with Mercy Cherono, the World Junior [...]
Paving The Way For South Africa 2010: Ydnekatchew Tessema, Forgotten Hero Of African Soccer
July 16, 2010 – 11:14 am
Pitch Invasion, US July 15, 2010 Tom Dunmore Founder and editor of Pitch Invasion National team player, national team coach for his country’s only major international triumph, co-founder of his continent’s FIFA confederation, president of that confederation for 15 years, and in many ways the man who set in motion the whole chain of events [...]
Haile Gebrselassie reveals what gets him up running at 5.30am every day
July 15, 2010 – 9:15 am
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/more-sport/athletics/2010/07/14/haile-storm-115875-22411607/ July 14, 2010 Simon Bird ATHLETICS: ETHIOPIAN PREPARES TO CHALLENGE ANOTHER WORLD MARK (Pic: Getty) Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie is all too happy to reveal what drives him to get up at 5.30am every day on his way to clocking up 160 miles in training a week. The answer lies within the heart of [...]
Ghana’s World Cup run has Ethiopia dreaming
June 30, 2010 – 2:40 pm
AFP June 30, 2010 ADDIS ABABA – Ghana’s amazing run in the World Cup may be a source of inspiration for Africa, but it’s also providing a wake-up call for African nations to lay more emphasis on improving their football standards. In Ethiopia, thousands of fans have turned up in droves to watch the African [...]
Ethiopia hires British coach for national soccer team
June 29, 2010 – 8:48 am
APA June 28, 2010 Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) The Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) on Monday officially signed a one year contract with a British coach who will train the Ethiopian national soccer team. The new coach, Efem Onura, 43, will be paid a monthly salary of $13,000, together with free telephone, housing and automobile for his [...]
Ethiopians capture top five spots in Bolder Boulder elite races
June 3, 2010 – 10:06 am
Denver Post, US May 31, 2010 Daniel Petty A record 50,421 racers crossed the finish line in today’s Memorial Day tradition, the Bolder Boulder 10K. BOULDER — The Ethiopians left no doubt about who owned today’s elite fields in the Bolder Boulder 10-kilometer race. Ethiopian runners swept the top three spots in the elite men’s [...]
The IAAF has ratified two world records set by Zersenay Tadese.
May 10, 2010 – 11:25 am
IAAF/Yahoo May 10, 2010 MONACO The Eritrean runner broke both the 20K and half marathon records in Lisbon on March 21. Tadese ran the half marathon in 58 minutes, 23 seconds, breaking Kenyan Samuel Kamau Wanjiru’s mark by 10 seconds. Tadese also completed 20K during the same race in 55:21, which beat the previous mark [...]
