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Gelete Burka on her shift from the cross country to track over the past five years. |
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 “Now my focus is on track competitions”
Gelete Burka on her shift from the cross country to track over the past five years. |
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EVERY ONE 21km race winner Wilson Chebet on the new Haile Resort hotel in Hawassa |
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 “It’s incredible what Haile has achieved” EVERY ONE 21km race winner Wilson Chebet on the new Haile Resort hotel in Hawassa |
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2010 WOMEN FIRST champion Sule Utura on a sweet victory in her home city |
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 “this is my biggest prize for a race in Ethiopia”
2010 WOMEN FIRST champion Sule Utura on a sweet victory in her home city
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Justina Heslop on life as Tirunesh Dibaba’s training partner |
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 “The great thing about living with Dibaba is to see her relax as you get to know her” British athlete Justina Heslop on living and training with Ethiopia’s double Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba. |
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Meselech Melkamu reflects on a successful 2009 and looks ahead in 2010 |
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 “Breaking the African 10,000m record was really special”
Meselech Melkamu attended the 2010 Education for Girls Run in her home town of Debre Markos on 24th January. While she was there, she spoke about her plans for her upcoming indoor and outdoor track seasons.
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Haji Adilo on success as one of Ethiopia’s new marathon coaches |
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 “I didn’t want them to have the same problems I faced as an athlete”
Haji Adilo is a former Ethiopian international marathon runner who recored a personal best of 2:12.24. Haji now coaches some of the country’s top marathon runners including Deriba Merga, Dire Tune, Teyiba Erkesso, and Tilahun Regassa, winner of the 2009 Ethiopian Airlines Great Ethiopian Run.
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Regassa on how far he has come in just a few years |
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Tilahun Regassa’s first race in Addis Ababa was the Great Ethiopian run 10km three years ago. In winning Sunday’s race, he showed how far he has come in just a few years.
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Wude Ayalew on how victory led to greater international success |
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“Winning the 10km in Addis gave me confidence about what I could achieve” two-time Great Ethiopian Run winner Wude Ayalew on how victory led to greater international success It’s been a big year for you culminating with your bronze medal at 10,000m at the World Champs in Berlin. How do you feel about winning that medal? |
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Million Wolde reflects on his days at the top |
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“I was lucky and took my chance, it’s not so easy for others” Sydney Olympic 5,000m champ Million Wolde reflects on his days at the top
Million Wolde won the Sydney Olympic 5,000m title in the most successful ever Olympics for Ethiopia. He tells us how it all happened and how he is starting to help young athletes coming up through the sport.
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Gebremariam on a champion's route to success |
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 “Great Ethiopian Run was my entry point into competitions in Addis” World cross-country hero Gebremariam on a champion’s route to success Your win in Amman was like a return from the dead: you had been off the international scene for a long time and then in Amman you were suddenly back on top. Is that how it seemed to you? |
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Haile Gebreselassie on how to improve Girls' Education |
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 "We want to encourage the whole community to take the issue seriously"
Haile Gebreselassie on how to improve Girls' Education What was your education? |
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