ShareFriday, April 13, 2012 (Reuters) – Olympic 5,000 and 10,000 metres champion Kenenisa Bekele will decide later in the season whether to try for the same double at the London Games. The Ethiopian, who is due to compete in the Great Ireland Run in Dublin on Sunday, has been struggling with injury. “I’m preparing...
ShareAFP | Apr 2, 2012, 09.46PM IST DOHA: Ethiopian running legend Kenenisa Bekele will start his campaign for a fourth Olympic gold this summer by running the 3000m at the opening Diamond League meet of the season on May 11. The defending 5000m and 10,000m Olympic champion, and world record-holder in both events, has spent almost two years on the...
ShareDAEGU, South Korea (Reuters) – Ethiopian double world record holder and Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele will not defend his 5,000 metres world title due to injury, his management company said on Wednesday. Bekele failed to finish the 10,000 metres at the Daegu world championships on Sunday in his first race for more than a...
ShareHe’s been on a 16-month hiatus. Several years ago, the track world couldn’t stop talking about the great Ethiopian distance runner, Kenenisa Bekele. After all, he had broken multiple world records and snatched three Olympic gold medals in his relatively short career. However, after the Great Edinburgh Cross-Country meet in January, 2010, Bekele seemed...
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