AFP Ethiopia‘s three-time Olympic gold medallist Kenenisa Bekele will take on a formidable Kenyan challenge spearheaded by Eliud Kipchoge in Sunday’s Chicago Marathon, with a course record in their sights. Kenyan Dennis Kimetto set the Chicago Marathon record of 2hrs 03.45sec in winning last year, but he won’t be back to defend his title after
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RUNNER’S WORLD Two veterans will work together to target 2:03:45 course record. By: Peter Gambaccini; Image by: PhotoRun Eliud Kipchoge (#807) upset Kenenisa Bekele (#423) in the 2003 World Championships 5000-meter final. The two will battle again at October’s Chicago Marathon. If Kenenisa Bekele, arguably the best distance runner in track and cross country history, achieves
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Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele wins his 11th – and last – senior world cross-country title in 2008. (Adrian Dennis / AFP / Getty Images) By Philip Hersh Chicago Tribune The Chicago Marathon never has had a runner with a track record as distinguished as Kenenisa Bekele’s. Kenenisa Bekele holds the world records at 5,000 and 10,000 meters.
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BBC Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele saw off the challenge of Wilson Kipsang to take victory at the Great Manchester Run. The 5,000m and 10,000m world record holder ran 28 minutes and 23 seconds, with marathon world record holder Kipsang of Kenya five seconds back. World and Olympic 10,000m champion Tirunesh Dibaba earned a comfortable victory in
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06 April 2014 PARIS (AP) — Three-time Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia won the Paris marathon on Sunday on his debut at the distance. Bekele completed the 42.2-kilometer race in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 3 seconds to break the…
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AFP By Jenny Vaughan Sululta (Ethiopia) (AFP) – Ethiopian running legend Kenenisa Bekele already holds two world records, and now he says he is eyeing a third — this time in the marathon. Bekele will be the star draw of…
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lesrun.com http://youtu.be/beo3bauqqa4 * ”I found it a hard race and tried my hardest. I’m happy with my performance and will go home a much happier man than the last time. I’m in good shape for Paris. Now it’s time to concentrate…
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Kenenisa Bekele (center) leads Britain’s Mo Farah and Haile Gebrselasie before winning the Great North Run, in Newcastle, England, Sunday Sept. 15, 2013. (Getty Images) IAAF By Jon Mulkeen Triple Olympic gold medallist Kenenisa Bekele will make his long-awaited debut…
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