Aha, Tirunesh Dibaba Kenene of Ethiopia, is a flag draper (a variation of the Olympic “art” of flag waving). She set a new Olympic record in the women’s 10,000 meter run and bagged herself a gold medal. Congratulations to you, Tirunesh.
Expect more gold medals for Ethiopia in distance running because they tend to dominate the [...]
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Tirunesh Dibaba Kenene Bags Ethiopia’s First Gold Medal
African Championships Day Two: Melkamu Emerges From Shadow of Compatriot
After playing bridesmaid to Meseret Defar’s bride in several events, Ethiopia’s Meselech Melkamu finally emerged from the shadows of her more popular compatriot by beating Defar in the 5,000 meter race at the ongoing African Athletics Championships.
From the IAAF: Melkamu took advantage of a slow, tactical race to outgun Defar on the last lap and [...]
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 [...]
Photo of the Day: Mongolia’s Serod Batochir
Mongolia’s Serod Batochir bagged the marathon gold medal in the Good Luck Beijing 2008 preparatory games for the main show in August. Will Serod repeat as a gold medalist in the Olympic Games? Unlikely.
His run which clocked two hours, 30 minutes and 42 seconds is just too far away from those recorded by Athens 2004 [...]
Don’t Jog In the Smog
Are people complaining about Beijing’s pollution just a bunch of wimps? Or do they have a valid concern?
Because I live in a polluted city, I initially labeled them as wimpy whiners. So I was like, “Silly people. I eat pollution for breakfast. If you want to live in a pollution free world then let’s all [...]
