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Gebrselassie returns to the track in Hengelo
Posted May 24th, 2007 at 11:00 AM by David Monti
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Haile Gebrselassie will make an unexpected return to the track at Saturday’s THALES FBK-Games in Hengelo, Netherlands, the track where the Ethiopian great previously set four world bests or records. Gebrselassie’s last track race was the 2004 Olympic Games 10,000m final where he finished fifth. He turned to road running exclusively in 2005, and last ran in Hengelo three years ago.
Gebrselassie will run the 10,000m in Hengelo, and he’s doing his best to keep expectations modest. “Of course I am not so good any longer as I was at the end of the nineties as I broke world records, but Hengelo is my favourite race,” he said through a media release.
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World record holder Defar to lead elite field at Carlsbad
Posted March 29th, 2007 at 11:17 AM by David Monti
Section: News & Results
Meseret Defar, the Race Results Weekly Runner of the Year for 2006 and the world record holder for both 5000m on the track and 5 km on the road, will return to Carlsbad this Sunday to defend her title.
The event, which will be the 22nd annual, has hosted 16 world records, including Defar’s 14:46 from last year.
“I am coming back to the Carlsbad 5000 to break my record,” Defar said in a prepared statement circulated by event organizers, Elite Racing. “I feel I can run closer to 14:40.”
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Melkamu among winners at Addis Ababa XC champs
Posted December 25th, 2006 at 4:00 PM by Martin Kennedy
Section: News & Results, Cross Country
Last weekend, cross country medallist Meselech Melkamu continued her hot streak at the MOHA Jan Meda Addis Ababa Cross Country Championships in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Melkamu was able to earn the victory by holding off Mestawot Tufa in the 8km senior women’s race.
Ali Abdosh won the men’s senior race through 12km of stiff competition. Konjit Tilahun won the junior women’s race (6km) and Chala Leme held off the pack for the men’s junior event (8km).
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