(Telegraph) — If Mo Farah’s purpose in running the first half of the Virgin London Marathon was to advance his road-running education, then the double …
Read More »Ethiopia’s Lelisa Desisa, wins Boston Marathon; Rita Jeptoo takes women’s race for 2d time
April 15, 2013, BOSTON – Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia took the title in the 117th edition of the Boston Marathon on Monday, winning a three-way sprint …
Read More »Ethiopia’s Regassa wins Rotterdam Marathon and Haile Gebreselassie wins half marathon in Vienna
It speaks volumes of the quality of a race when a 2:05:38 clocking can be classed as “disappointing”. Without taking anything away from Tilahun Regassa’s …
Read More »Paris Marathon: Boru Fayise Tadese breaks course record
Paris, France (IAAF) – Ethiopia’s Boru Feyse Tadese set a world-leading time and women’s course record of 2:21:05 today (7) at the 37th edition of the Schneider Electric Marathon de …
Read More »Muktar Edris Dominates Swiss 10K
April 3, 2013 (IAAF) — Ethiopian rising star Muktar Edris, the 2012 IAAF World Junior Championship 5000m gold medallist and third in the junior race …
Read More »Abraham Qaabato Kitla wins Jerusalem marathon
March 1, 2013, JERUSALEM (AP)– Abraham Kabeto Ketla of Ethiopia has won the third Jerusalem marathon, setting a record for the race. Some 20,000 runners …
Read More »COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY: MHCC’s Tahir Chakisso runs with a purpose
Sixteen isn’t your typical age for starting high school. But for Mt. Hood Community freshman cross-country runner Tahir Chakisso, that was his only option after …
Read More »Ethiopian runners narrowly missed a sweep of prize-money races at the 34
Ethiopian runners narrowly missed a sweep of prize-money races at the 34th Edition of the Ottawa Race Weekend, the largest running event in Canada. Deriba …
Read More »Genzebe Dibaba wins in Birmingham, UK
BFebruary 20, 2013, Birmingham, UK – Genzebe Dibaba (born February 8, 1991 in Bekoji, Oromia Region) of Ethiopia, the younger sister of Tirunesh Dibaba, raced …
Read More »Defar and Farah Set Course Records in New Orleans
February 24, 2013 NEW ORLEANS (IAAF) — Olympic champions Meseret Defar Tola (born 19 November 1983 in Addis Ababa) and Mohamed “Mo” Farah, CBE (born 23 March …
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