Athletics legend retires (Reuters) Haile Gebrselassie, considered one of athletics’ greatest distance runners, said on Sunday (Monday NZ time) he was retiring from competitive running. The Ethiopian’s long-time manager at first said it was not the end of Gebrselassie’s career, but later issued a press release saying the runner had retired from athletics. “Running legend
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Haile Gebrselassie Gebrselassie: ‘I learnt to be more patient in business’ By Lerato Mbele, BBC Haile Gebrselassie is the most famous man in Ethiopia. The double Olympic gold medallist and five-time world champion over 10,000m had a glittering athletics career and is now a successful and busy entrepreneur. So when you manage to get an
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Today online SINGAPORE — Former marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie will headline the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore on Dec 7, although the 41-year-old Ethiopian will be tackling the 10km race instead of the full marathon. Gebrselassie won the 10,000m at the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Olympics, and won the gold medal for that
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BBC Haile Gebrselassie quit the defence of his Great Scottish Run title 19 minutes into the half-marathon race in Glasgow. The former world and Olympic 10,000m champion, 41, was having problems with his breathing when he stopped. South Africa’s Stephen Mokoka went on to win the men’s race in a time of one hour, one
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29 April 2014 By Peter Gambaccini runnersworld.com Former marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie, 41, has withdrawn from the Hamburg Marathon due to an allergy to pollen. “Unfortunately I have to withdraw from Hamburg marathon. I haven’t been able to…
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09 April 2014 Athletics Africa Distance running legend Haile Gebrselassie will open the 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon Expo at London Dockland’s Excel Exhibition Centre at 11am on Wednesday April 9, 2014. Gebrselassie, widely regarded as the greatest distance runner…
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Feb 17, 2014 Haile Gebrselassie, the man regarded by many as the greatest distance runner of all time, will be the main pacemaker for the men’s race at the 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon on Sunday 13 April, race organisers…
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