Olympic 5,000m: Ethiopia’s Defar stuns Dibaba for gold
August 11th, 2012 - 6:43 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ethiopia's 2004 gold medallist Meseret Defar regained her Olympic 5,000 metres title Friday, powering dramatically past defending champion Tirunesh Dibaba in the final straight.Defar accelerated ... Read more...
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Ethiopia’s Dibaba retains 10,000m Olympic title
August 4th, 2012 - 7:26 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba put in a devastating last lap to retain her Olympic 10,000 meters title in London Friday.Dibaba, the double Olympic gold medalist in ... Read more...
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Liu dominates 110m hurdles, Powell takes 100m in Shanghai
May 20th, 2012 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, May 20 (IANS) Chinese star hurdler Liu Xiang is back at the top with an overwhelming victory, leaving behind three world class American hurdlers at the 2012 Diamond League ... Read more...
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Bangalore’s 10k race to see elite athletes
May 11th, 2012 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 11 (IANS) The course record of 27 minutes, 51 seconds set by Eritrean Zersenay Tadese in 2008, will certainly be under threat Sunday when elite athletes, led by ... Read more...
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Masai stuns Ethiopians in 10,000m; smiling Bolt moves on
August 16th, 2009 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
By John Bagratuni
Berlin, Aug 16 (DPA) Linet Masai ended a 12-year title drought for Kenya with victory in the women's 10,000m while Usain Bolt exchanged smiles with a training partner on ... Read more...
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Bekele’s golden double and Kenyan double delight in Olympics
August 23rd, 2008 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 23 (DPA) Kenenisa Bekele emulated fellow-Ethiopian Miruts Yifter when he completed the first Olympic long distance double gold with a runaway triumph in the 5,000 metres at the Beijing Olympics ... Read more...
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