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    Elvan Abeylegesse (also formerly: Hewan Abeye (አልቫን አበይለገሠ, Amharic) and Elvan Can (Turkish); born 11 September 1982) is an Ethiopian-born Turkish middle...
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  • contenders moved to the front, dominated by Elvan Abeylegesse, with the string of runners lined up behind her. Abeylegesse separated herself from the rest of the...
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    said about the race, "I was a bit overweight and after following Elvan [Abeylegesse] at the early part of the race, I just could not follow the rest at...
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  • the results were much the same as the 10,000m final a week earlier. Elvan Abeylegesse took the lead early, but the field did not dissipate behind her. Instead...
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    Updated 25 May 2024. Correct June 2024. Correct as of June 2024. Elvan Abeylegesse of Turkey ran 29:56.34 at the 2008 Olympics. This performance was...
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    Women's 48 kg 9 August 2008  Silver Elvan Abeylegesse Athletics Women's 10000 metres 15 August 2008  Silver Elvan Abeylegesse Athletics Women's 5000 metres...
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    December 2017. Morgan, Liam (29 March 2017). "Turkish duo Bulut and Abeylegesse to officially be stripped of medals". insidethegames.biz. Archived from...
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  • Hen's englyn-poem, Canu Heledd. Elvan Abeylegesse (born 1982), Ethiopian-Turkish female track and field athlete Berkin Elvan (1999–2014), Turkish boy died...
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  • Approaching to the halfway mark of the race, Turkey's world-record holder Elvan Abeylegesse surpassed the Chinese duo to charge into the lead and the pace began...
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    heats only and received medals. 5000 metres Original silver medalist Elvan Abeylegesse,  Turkey, disqualified, and stripped of and ordered to return silver...
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    upgraded to a silver medal after the disqualification of Turkish athlete Elvan Abeylegesse. On 3 June 2006 she ran the 5,000 metres in New York City in a then-world...
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  • lose medals Archived 2016-06-02 at the Wayback Machine, in Turkish "Elvan Abeylegesse and Gamze Bulut sanctions announced by IAAF - Athletics Weekly". Athletics...
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  • Turkish Athletics Federation confirmed that an in-competition test of Elvan Abeylegesse at the 2007 IAAF World Championships in Athletics had been retested...
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    original on 30 April 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017. "Turkish runner Elvan Abeylegesse could lose two Olympic medals for doping". ESPN. 29 March 2017. Archived...
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    medallist in any discipline. All information from World Athletics. Elvan Abeylegesse of Turkey became the first athlete to be disqualified from the World...
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  • 2011. Turkish athletes recently achieved success in European level; Elvan Abeylegesse winning gold medal in Women's 10000 metres and silver in Women's 5000...
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    Wrestling Men's freestyle 66 kg  Silver Elvan Abeylegesse Athletics Women's 5000 m  Silver Elvan Abeylegesse Athletics Women's 10,000 m  Silver Azize...
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  • China 14:28.09  Jiang Bo (CHN) 1997-10-23 Shanghai, China 14:24.68  Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) 2004-06-11 Bergen, Norway 14:24.53  Meseret Defar (ETH) 2006-06-03...
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    setting a championship record in the latter event. Former Ethiopian Elvan Abeylegesse did the 3000/5000 metres double for Turkey, breaking the championship...
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    Olympic Games. In 2015 media reports stated that 2007 silver medalist Elvan Abeylegesse had been found, on retesting, to have taken a prohibited substance...
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    a leading role in bringing talented foreign athletes into Turkey. Elvan Abeylegesse, Anzhela Atroshchenko, Sviatlana Sudak and Alemitu Bekele are sportspeople...
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    Games. Then, a new world record in the women's 5000 metres was set by Elvan Abeylegesse. The stadium is also home to a world junior record, namely 83.87 metres...
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     Russia 19 July 2008 Kazan 24 14:23.92 Shelby Houlihan  United States 10 July 2020 Portland 25 14:24.68 Elvan Abeylegesse  Turkey 11 June 2004 Bergen...
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  • Federation confirmed that an anti-doping test sample collected from Elvan Abeylegesse during these World Championships had been retested and found to be...
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  • champion in the 10,000 m in 1987, she set five track world records Elvan Abeylegesse, former holder of the world record at 5000 m, clocking 14:24:68 in...
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    Acar Tuğçe Güder Hadi Türkmen Mehmet Aurélio Max Bendo Pascal Nouma Elvan Abeylegesse Yalçın Yanık Black Musa Melissa Vargas Emre Zafer Barnes Yasmani Copello...
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    Keitany (KEN) Birmingham 2010 58:23  Zersenay Tadese (ERI) Lisbon 1:07:07  Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) Ras al-Khaimah 2011 58:30  Zersenay Tadese (ERI) Lisbon 1:05:50...
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    Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Elvan Abeylegesse 1500 m 4:06.42 5 Q 4:07.10 4 Q 4:00.67 8 5000 m 14:54.80 2 Q — 15:12...
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  • November 28, 2020. Retrieved February 10, 2017. "Turkish duo Bulut and Abeylegesse to officially be stripped of medals". 29 March 2017. Archived from the...
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    August 13, 2006 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The only medal winner was Elvan Abeylegesse who won a bronze medal. List of Turkey's all results, including the...
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