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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Kenenisa Bekele (right), the former 10,000 m world record holder....
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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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    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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  • 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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    are: marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge, Geoffrey Kamworor, Kenenisa Bekele, Joshua Cheptegei and multiple world record holder Letesenbet Gidey...
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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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    (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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