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DIBABA, AMAN AND KEJELCHA AMONG ETHIOPIA'S MEDAL HOPES FOR BEIJING
IAAF
World 1500m record-holder Genzebe Dibaba, world 800m champion Mohammed Aman and prodigious teenager Yomif Kejelcha are among the main names and medal hopes in the Ethiopian squad for the IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015, which will...
Dibaba world record tradition the aim for Genzebe in Oslo
Athletics-Africa
In a special tribute to the 50th anniversary of the ExxonMobil Bislett Games, Ethiopia’s world indoor 3,000m champion, Genzebe Dibaba has officially revealed to the media her intent to break the world 5,000m record on...
Giro’s first ever Ethiopian rider ‘in at the deep end’ [cyclingweekly]
Gregor Brown
Tsgabu Grmay became Ethopia’s first ever Grand Tour rider after setting off with Lampre-Merida at the 2015 Giro d’Italia
Tsgabu Grmay’s road to become the first Ethiopian in the Giro d’Italia was not easy. Dirt...
Ethiopia’s Tigist Tufa wins London Marathon women’s race
Theguardian
• Tufa finishes 18 seconds ahead of Kenya’s Mary Keitany
• Sonia Samuels is first British runner to finish
Ethiopia’s Tigist Tufa celebrates after winning the London Marathon women’s race Photograph:...
GENZEBE DIBABA NAMED SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR [IAAF]
DIBABA NAMED SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR AT LAUREUS WORLD SPORTS AWARDS
World indoor champion Genzebe Dibaba was named sportswoman of the year at the Laureus World Sports Awards in Shanghai on Wednesday (15).
The middle-distance runner became the...
Ethiopia's Lemma wins Vienna City Marathon after solo run
VIENNA (AP) — Sisay Lemma of Ethiopia dominated the Vienna City Marathon Sunday, running on his own for the last 15 kilometers after other pre-race favorites struggled with the wind and injuries.
Lemma surged ahead of the leading group after...