Category: Ethiopian athletes

Tirfi Tsegaye won women’s race at the Berlin Marathon

Associated Press Tsegaye was victorious in the women’s race. Tsegaye won the women’s race after a long battle with Feyse Tadese, who finished in second place. The United States’ Shalane Flanagan finished up in third spot. Here are the results from a fine day of marathon racing in Berlin: Berlin Marathon 2014: Resuls Men’s Race

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MESERET HAILU AND FLOMENA CHEYECH THE 2014 AMSTERDAM MARATHON WOMEN’S RACE FAVOURITES

IAAF The battle for the women’s race at this year’s TCS Amsterdam Marathon on Sunday 19 October could be fought out between Meseret Hailu and Flomena Cheyech after organisers for the IAAF Gold Label Road Race announced their top women on Friday (26). Ethiopia’s Hailu is the course record holder in Amsterdam, with a time of 2:21:09

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Meserest Biru won in 2:31:00 in Cape Town Marathon

Sport24 Cape Town – Kenyan Willy Kibor tore clear of a quality field in the latter stages on Sunday to win the first edition of the relaunched Sanlam Cape Town Marathon. After Kenyan-born Qatari athlete Nicholas Kemboi had done most of the hard work, pushing the pace up front in the first half, Kibor broke

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Meserest Biru won in 2:31:00 in Cape Town Marathon

Sport24 Cape Town – Kenyan Willy Kibor tore clear of a quality field in the latter stages on Sunday to win the first edition of the relaunched Sanlam Cape Town Marathon. After Kenyan-born Qatari athlete Nicholas Kemboi had done most of the hard work, pushing the pace up front in the first half, Kibor broke

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Genzebe Dibaba and Almaz Ayana won In Morocco

IAAF.org Ethiopian athletes Genzebe Dibaba and Almaz Ayana won their respective races in the women’s competition at the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup in Marrakech, Morocco on Sunday. “This weekend’s most dominant performance on the track came in the penultimate individual race courtesy of Almaz Ayana in the women’s 5000m,” reported Bob Ramsak for the IAAF. “Returning to

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Report: 4 Ethiopian Athletes planned to seek asylum

By Josephine Woolington The Register-Guard One of four Ethiopian athletes who went missing after an international track meet last month in Eugene told a University of Oregon police officer that all the athletes plan to seek asylum in the United States, according to a newly released UO police report. Amanuel Abebe, 17, told the officer that

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Report: 4 Ethiopian Athletes planned to seek asylum

By Josephine Woolington The Register-Guard One of four Ethiopian athletes who went missing after an international track meet last month in Eugene told a University of Oregon police officer that all the athletes plan to seek asylum in the United States, according to a newly released UO police report. Amanuel Abebe, 17, told the officer that

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“I’ll be the first Ethiopian player to play in American Football League”

By Paul Schwartz, NYPost Nat Berhe born from Eritrean father *”Ethiopia, Eritrea, it’s all the same, just different name.” Nate Berhe You may or may not be able to tell a man by his tweets, but in Nat Berhe’s case, two he shot off right after he was taken by the Giants in the fifth

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