Topic: Kenenisa Bekele
A ban barring 35 top Ethiopian athletes from competing internationally has been lifted, the national athletics federation said Tuesday.. . "We have...
The United States topped the medals table after nine days of riveting action at the world championships marked by Usain Bolt's return to the top of his game after disqualification in the 100m.The US amassed 25 medals, including 12 gold ...
Defending champion Caster Semenya safely negotiated her way into the semis of the women's 800m at the world championships on day six while injury-hit high-jumper Blanka Vlasic also advanced.Semenya, cleared to compete as a woman in July 2010, nearly a ...
Ethiopia's Ibrahim Jeilan produced an amazing home-stretch sprint to trump British favourite Mo Farah at the line of an enthralling men's 10,000m at the world championships on Sunday.Jeilan was a shock winner after defending champion Kenenisa Bekele, bidding ...
DAEGU, South Korea (Reuters) - Usain Bolt and Kenenisa Bekele relinquished their world titles on Sunday when the world's fastest man and the most successful distance runner false-started and failed to finish in the 100 and 10,000 metres finals.Disqualified for ...
DAEGU, South Korea (Reuters) - A milestone run by double-amputee Oscar Pistorius saw the South African steal the limelight at the athletics world championships Sunday, although Usain Bolt is certain to snatch it back later in the blue riband 100 meters.Pole vault ...
British distance runner Mo Farah will face the ultimate challenge against Ethiopian star Kenenisa Bekele in the final of the 10,000m on the second day of the world championships on Sunday.Farah and Bekele go head-to-head in an evening that also ...
Four-time World 10,000m champion Kenenisa Bekele has been included in the Ethiopian team named on Sunday for this month's world athletics championships in Daegu, South Korea.Bekele, who has not featured in a competitive race since January 2011, has been ...
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Ethiopian Olympic and world champion Kenenisa Bekele will defend his 10,000 meters world title later this month despite not having raced since early 2010, his manager said Tuesday."He is going to Daegu and (will) run. He ...
In the early 1960s, before my 20th birthday, I was told that my extreme shuffle stride would significantly limit my running potential. The New Yorker published a totally unexpected story on the Salazar-Ritzenhein form experiment, Sports Illustrated interviewed Salazar on the pros ...