Oregonlive Runners from around the world compete at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Eugene (Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian) By Wendy Owen | wowen@oregonian.com Four members of an Ethiopian track team were reported missing Saturday morning in Eugene where they competed in the IAAF World Junior Championships. “The individuals left campus ahead of the rest of the team,” said
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IAFF Ethiopia’s world youth 3000m champion Yomif Kejelcha led for most of the last kilometre to win the men’s 5000m in 13:25.19, his best-ever clocking. Kejelcha’s team-mate Yasin Haji, with whom he shared pacing duties in the last third of the race, finished in 13:26.21 for silver, giving Ethiopia a gold-silver sweep. Moses Letoyie of
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Letsrun By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2014 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved EUGENE, OREGON — If your name is Alemitu and you hail from Ethiopia, tonight was your night to shine at historic Hayward Field. Working together throughout the women’s 5000m, Alemitu Heroye and Alemitu Hawi won gold and silver here on the second
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IAAF National junior 1500m record-holder Dawit Seyoum and world youth 3000m champion Yomif Kejelcha lead the Ethiopian team going to the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships in Eugene, USA, later this month and have good prospects of striking gold at Oregon 2014. The squad also includes 2014 Dubai Marathon winner Tsegaye Mekonnen, who steps down to compete
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