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Ethiopians Sweep St. Patrick's Day
8k Titles
" Ethiopians Demesse Tefera and Hirut Mandefro
co-opted the Irish theme by winning the men's and
women's tiltles at the 21st St. Patrick's Day 8k
downtown yesterday.
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Meselech Melkamu Breaks 30-Minute Barrier in Utrecht
    14 June, 2009 (Ethio Quest News) -
    Ethiopian Meselech Melkamu, 24, became
    only the fourth woman in history to break
    the 30-minute barrier for 10,000m,
    clocking 29:53.80 in Utrecht, Netherlands
    tonight.. Source
Berhane Adere Sound in Seattle
28 June, 2009 ( ESPNSTAR.COM ) -
Berhane Adere beat Romania's Nuta Olaru to
win the inaugural Rock n Roll Seattle Half
Marathon in one hour 11 minutes 19 seconds

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Kenenisa joins history-makers...
17 August, 2009 (AFP) – Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele etched his name in
distance running history at the world athletics championships...
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Kenenisa Saves the Best for Last
23 August, 2009 (New York Times) – "Bekele's
final race here was the best of these
championships. A small, elegant and resilient
Ethiopian, he needed one of the gutsiest....
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Africa Fears Changes
Are Bad News






"the utter disappointment of
not just Ethiopia but the entire
eastern African region.....
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Lilesa cruises home in sensational debut
"Not that Lilesa looked too bothered; aged only 19, it was still a
sensational marathon debut for the six-foot, impossibly lean Ethiopian,
who bears a more than small resemblance to his country's first...
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Merga magic to the fore again The Times of India
Derartu Wins as Radcliffe Struggles to Fourth
    2 November, 2009 (New York Times) – "Her victory
    came 17 years after she became the first black African
    woman to win an Olympic gold medal in the 10,000
    meters at the Barcelona Games, and more than a year
    since she nearly abandoned a comeback after the...More
Tirunesh shatters 15k WR, Sihine wins men's....
    16 November, 2009 (Gadaa) – "It was a double victory
    for Dibaba as her husband Sileshi Sihine, the two-time
    Olympic silver medallist in the 10,000m won the men’s
    race in 42:14. He outsprinted Ugandan Nicholas Kiprono
    who was credited with the same time to win here...More
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Robel Teklemariam improved his time by 2 minutes
- No snow but Ethiopia's ski hope is on a roll
"For me the greatest thing in the world would be that I don't qualify
for the next Olympics because there's another.
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