question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Ethiopic characters. Kenenisa Bekele Beyecha (Oromo: Qananiisaa baqqalaa; Amharic: ቀነኒሳ በቀለ; born 13 June...
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the 5000 m final at the 2004 Athens Olympics, behind El Guerrouj and Kenenisa Bekele. He also won the Trofeo Alasport cross country race earlier that season...
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compatriot and then-world record holder Eliud Kipchoge and Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele had run faster up to that point. Kiptum set the quickest second half...
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successive editions of the Olympics and World Championships, after Kenenisa Bekele's 2008–09 feat. He was the first British athlete to win two individual...
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countryman Kenenisa Bekele. The last half of the 10,000 metres final at the championships was completed in a staggering 12:57.24 (12:57.2 for Bekele and 12:58...
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world record in the 5000 metres with a time of 12:35.36, which broke Kenenisa Bekele's 16-year-old record – the longest duration in the history of the event...
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Kenenisa Girma Bekele Gebre (born 1992), Ethiopian marathon runner Bekele Geleta (born 1944), secretary general of the International Red Cross Bekele...
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Negative split (section Kenenisa Bekele)
Considered by many to be among the greatest runners of all time, Kenenisa Bekele has employed negative split strategies in many of his races and all...
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by Ethiopians at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2016 Rio Olympics: Kenenisa Bekele set the men's record at 27:01.17 minutes, while Almaz Ayana set the...
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champion, world record holder at the distance and rising star 21-year-old Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia. The race had a preview at the World Championships a year...
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championship records for the event are 26:46.31 minutes for men, set by Kenenisa Bekele in 2009, and 30:04.18 minutes for women, set by Berhane Adere in 2003...
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throughout the distance. A leading group of five runners crystallized. As Kenenisa Bekele and Sileshi Sihine turned up the pace with two kilometres left, Zersenay...
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the race leaders, who on the first lap were the defending champion Kenenisa Bekele and his brother Tariku. After six laps, the half marathon world record...
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has moved up to 10.000 metres as well. He is the younger brother of Kenenisa Bekele, who is also an accomplished long-distance runner and a former world...
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Kenenisa Bekele (right), the former 10,000 m world record holder....
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Marathon, Munyao pulled away from legendary Ethiopian distance runner Kenenisa Bekele in the final three kilometers to win the race in 2:04:01. Outdoor 3000...
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Guerrouj won the 5,000 m final with a time of 13:14.39, preventing Kenenisa Bekele from achieving the 5000 m/10000 m distance double, last achieved by...
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American sprinter Michael Johnson, Ethiopia's long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele and Kenya's long-distance runner Eliud Kipchoge have won the award...
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five times; Paul Tergat, the first man to win five times in a row; Kenenisa Bekele, the only man to win both the short and long courses in the same year...
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Blazers San Beda Red Lions Boxing Manny Pacquiao Long-distance running Kenenisa Bekele Formerly - teams Chad national football team Formerly - athletes Chandler...
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Olympic records for the event are 12:57.82 minutes for men, set by Kenenisa Bekele in 2008, and 14:26.17 minutes for women, set by Vivian Cheruiyot in...
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Gezahegne Abera Gudisa Shentema Guye Adola Ibrahim Jeilan – Imane Merga Kenenisa Bekele – Athlete Lelisa Desisa Lencho Skibba Mamo Wolde Mare Dibaba Meseret...
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Guerrouj (MAR) 2003: Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 2004: Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 2005: Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 2006: Asafa Powell (JAM) 2007: Tyson Gay (USA)...
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September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022. Bob Ramsak (29 September 2019). "Bekele clocks 2:01:41 in Berlin, second fastest marathon ever". IAAF. Retrieved...
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bettered only twice outdoors, one of them being Komen's own world record. Kenenisa Bekele believed that breaking Komen's record was only "possible on a special...
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of the race. There were 20 national records set in this marathon. Kenenisa Bekele, was just over 20 seconds behind the lead group at halfway and appeared...
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are: marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge, Geoffrey Kamworor, Kenenisa Bekele, Joshua Cheptegei and multiple world record holder Letesenbet Gidey...
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world records Men Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:49.60 (2004) Women Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) 14:18.86 (2015) Olympic records Men Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:57.82 (2008)...
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Guerrouj (MAR) 2003: Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 2004: Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 2005: Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 2006: Asafa Powell (JAM) 2007: Tyson Gay (USA)...
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(opening) Misgana Wakuma Lina Alemayehu Selo Flag bearer (closing) Kenenisa Bekele Medals Ranked 47th Gold 1 Silver 3 Bronze 0 Total 4 Summer Olympics...
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