An Ethiopian long distance runner, Haile Gebrselassie represented his country at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
DUBAI — Although world records have come with the same metronomic regularity he applies to his marathon running, Haile Gebrselassie won’t be drawn just yet on whether next week’s Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon on January 16 will be world record number 27.
Publ.Date : Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:17:29 GMT7 January 2009 - Haile Gebrselassie doesn’t need to make a New Year’s resolution, in order to break another World record. For a start, the Ethiopian New Year begins on September 11, “so we don’t celebrate the European New Year,” said the man himself yesterday, by phone from his home in Addis Ababa.
Publ.Date : Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:25:47 GMTMcKay, who has spent countless hours training since early April, is all set for the annual Dubai Marathon 2009. “We are seven of us doing different races between us at the marathon.
Publ.Date : Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:17:19 GMT7 January 2009 - Houston, USA - Ethiopia’s Deriba Merga, the fourth place finisher in the Beijing Olympic Marathon finisher will race at the Chevron Houston Marathon on 18 January.
Publ.Date : Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:55:48 GMTIf anyone buys me a novelty football-compilation DVD hosted by the likes of Ray Winstone I swear I will exact sweet revenge next year by bringing out my own comprising the top 10 Kenyan clean sweeps in the steeplechase. Of course this column spares no expense and so in the absence of any visual aids I offer you my highlights of the athletic year with no apologies for blind oversights. No ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:58:12 GMT
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Haile has broken 25 world records.
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