CAA 2008 Championships: Ethiopians Sweep Men’s 10,000 Meters

From Addis2008:
Outstanding front-running by Gebregziabher Gebremariam led Ethiopian compatriots Ibrahim Jeylan and Eshetu Wondimu to a clean sweep of the medals in the opening day of the men’s 10000m at the 16th CAA African Athletics Championships.

The 25-year old, who finished sixth in the world championships 10000m in Osaka last year, led for more than half of the twenty-five lap contest to take victory in 28:17.11 with world junior champion Ibrahim Jeylan (28:30.66) continuing his impressive record on Ethiopian soil to take silver ahead of national champion Eshetu Wondimu (28:56.36).

It was a dramatic improvement on the 25-year old’s All-African Games bronze medal from last year and a dramatic comeback from his disastrous outing at the 36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Edinburgh a month ago where he finished 17th.

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NOTE: Photo, courtesy of tigrai.org, is from the 2005 Ethiopian championships not the CAA Games.