Category: Ethiopian marathon runners

Utopia for Ethiopia

Mumbai Mirror By Vivek Ajinkya Mumbai’s streets have served as a hallowed battleground for Kenyan and Ethiopian marathoners over the years. Ever since its inception in 2004, the Mumbai Marathon has somehow always turned into an African slugfest. The Kenyans, had, for long, dominated the feature men’s race, while Ethiopia’s longdistance women’s runners had held

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Utopia for Ethiopia

Mumbai Mirror By Vivek Ajinkya Mumbai’s streets have served as a hallowed battleground for Kenyan and Ethiopian marathoners over the years. Ever since its inception in 2004, the Mumbai Marathon has somehow always turned into an African slugfest. The Kenyans, had, for long, dominated the feature men’s race, while Ethiopia’s longdistance women’s runners had held

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Birhanu Gedefa, Yebrgual Arage win 2015 Houston Marathon

By Dale Robertson Eric Christian Smith/For the Chronicle Marathoners go past the starting line during the beginning of the Houston Marathon, Sunday, January 18, 2015 in Houston. Yebrgual Arage’s personal-best time a year ago in the Chevron Houston Marathon gained her a second-place finish. This time, another personal best won her the race and later

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Birhanu Gedefa, Yebrgual Arage win 2015 Houston Marathon

By Dale Robertson Eric Christian Smith/For the Chronicle Marathoners go past the starting line during the beginning of the Houston Marathon, Sunday, January 18, 2015 in Houston. Yebrgual Arage’s personal-best time a year ago in the Chevron Houston Marathon gained her a second-place finish. This time, another personal best won her the race and later

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Ethiopia’s Guye Adola wins Delhi Half Marathon

By PTI | The Hindu Guye Adola, Geoffrey Kamworor and Mosinet Geremew clocked the top three timings in the Delhi Half Marathon on Sunday. Photo: Sandeep Saxena Ethiopian runner Guye Adola demolished the course record to emerge triumphant in the international elite men’s category, while Florence Kiplagat led a Kenyan one-two finish in the women’s event

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Betelhem Moges won Amsterdam Marathon 2:28:35

In the women’s race it was Moges who emerged as comfortable victor and she was followed home by Kenya’s Ogla Kimalyo in second place. Burundi’s Diane Nukuri Johnson finished in third. The Ethiopian came home in a time of 2:28:35; here she is finishing the race, courtesy of TCS News:

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Ethiopia’s Tilahun Regassa wins 2014 Eindhoven Marathon

IAAF Phil Minshull for the IAAF Tilahun Regassa is starting to amass a more-than-respectable marathon record after winning the 2014 De Lage Landen Marathon Eindhoven in 2:06:21 on Sunday (12). The victory took his tally to two out of his four outings over the classic distance, both his victories coming on Dutch roads having also

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Kenenisa Bekele & Tirunesh Dibaba claim Great Manchester Run

BBC Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele saw off the challenge of Wilson Kipsang to take victory at the Great Manchester Run. The 5,000m and 10,000m world record holder ran 28 minutes and 23 seconds, with marathon world record holder Kipsang of Kenya five seconds back. World and Olympic 10,000m champion Tirunesh Dibaba earned a comfortable victory in

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