Published By Mamo Gebrehiwot On Saturday, July 23rd 2011. Under Athletics Tags: Bernard Lagat, Ethiopia,Herculis/Samsung Diamond League, IAAF, Imane Merga, Maryam Yusuf Jemal, Mo Farah, Tariku Bekele
Monte-Carlo – Ethiopian-born Maryam Yusuf Jamal of Bahrain won the Herculis/Samsung Diamond League‘s women 1,500m race here yesterday. World 1500m champion Maryam Jamal showed her best form for some time, triumphing over a strong field in 4:00.59. The Bahrain star, after the 400 and 800 markers were passed by an unchallenged pacemaker ... Read More
Tesfaye Alemayehu defends Napa-to-Sonoma Half Marathon title
Published By Mamo Gebrehiwot On Monday, July 18th 2011. Under Athletics Tags: Ethiopia, Napa-to-Sonoma Half Marathon, Tesfaye Alemayehu
Napa, California – Tesfaye Sendeku Alemayehu of Ethiopia defended his Napa-to-Sonoma Half Marathon title here yesterday. Alemayehu’s finishing time of 1:04.37 was well below the 1:03.58 course record he set here last year. Christian Hesch of Hollywood (1:04.52), and former Napa-to-Sonoma half-marathon champion Sergio Reyes of Palmdale (1:04.53), came in second and ... Read More
Ethiopian Women Athletes dominate KBC Night of Athletics’5,000m race in Belgium
Published By Mamo Gebrehiwot On Sunday, July 17th 2011. Under Athletics Tags: Alemnesh Belete, Alemnsh Belete, Ethiopia, KBC Night of Athletics
Heusden-Zolder, Belgium - An Ethiopian women’s team led by Alemnesh Belete dominated the KBC Night of Athletics’ 5,000m race here yesterday by taking the top 3 spots. Belete finished the race in 15:09.71 followed by fellow compatriots Genet Ayalew (15:10.45) and Waganesh Mekasha (15:11.50) in second and third places respectively. There was ... Read More
IAAF World Youth Championships: Teshome Dirirsa wins gold in 1,500m
Published By Mamo Gebrehiwot On Monday, July 11th 2011. Under Athletics Tags: Ethiopia, France, Lille,Teshome Dirirsa, World Youth Championships
Lille, France –Teshome Dirirsa of Ethiopia won the country’s first ever gold in the 1,500m race at the IAAF World Youth Championships here yesterday. Dirirsa sat behind runner-up Vincent Mutai of Kenya, who led for the most part of the race, and overtook him in the last 20m to win in ... Read More
Sofia Assefa of Ethiopia wins 3,000m Steeplechase run at Aviva Grand Prix
Published By Rahel Samuel On Sunday, July 10th 2011. Under Athletics Tags: Aviva Grand Prix, Diamond League,Ethiopia, Galen Rupp, Imane Merga, Mohammed Farah, Sofia Assefa
BIRMINGHAM, England—Sofia Assefa of Ethiopia beat fellow compatriot Almaz Ayana in the Aviva Grand Prix 3,000m steeplechase run here today. Aviva Grand Prix is a Diamond League Athletics event. Assefa’s finishing time of 9:25.87, was almost five seconds better than second-placed Ayana. Another Ethiopian athlete Birtukan Adama finished 7th (9:41.95), while Mekdes ... Read More
African-born athletes help Bahrain sweeps medals at Asian championships
Published By Markos Berhanu On Saturday, July 9th 2011. Under Athletics Tags: Asian Athletics Championships,Dejenee Regasa Mootumaa, Japan, Kobe, Tejitu Daba Chalchissa
KOBE, Japan — Tejitu Daba Chalchissa and Dejenee Regasa Mootumaa led Bahrain to a sweep of the 5,000-meter races at the Asian Athletics Championships here today. The Ethiopian-born Chalchissa won the women's race in a championship-record time of 15 minutes, 22.48 seconds. Japan filled the next two places, Hitomi Niiya crossing ... Read More
Samsung Diamond League: Meseret Defar wins women’s 5,000m race
Published By Mamo Gebrehiwot On Friday, July 8th 2011. Under Athletics Tags: Ethiopia, Meseret Defar,Samsung Diamond League, Usain Bolt
Saint Denis, France – Meseret Defar of Ethiopia won the women’s 5,000m race at the Meeting Areva, the French leg of the Samsung Diamond League here today in a time of 14:29.52. Fellow compatriot Sentayehu Ejigu finished second (14:31.66) followed by Mercy Cherono of Kenya (14:35.13) and Shalane Flanagan of the ... Read More
