Ethiopians Defar, Burka, Mekkonen, Kenya’s Kipchoge sparkle in Stuttgart

Posted on February 7th, 2010 by Mark Ouma

Ethiopians Meseret Defar, Gelete Burka, and Deressa Mekkonen along with Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge clocked the world fastest times in their respective events at the Sparkassen Indoor meet in Stuttgart Germany.
Defar was on course to improve her world 3000m indoor record she set three years ago at this meet. However towards the end of the race […]

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Dibaba shines in Boston

Posted on February 7th, 2010 by Mark Ouma

Ethiopian double Olympic champions Tirunesh Dibaba got her season off to a promising start winning the 5000m at the Reebok Boston Games on Saturday.
Running for most of the race unchallenged Dibaba covered the distance in 14:44.53. She as followed by Kenyan Sally Kipyego (14:52.67) and another Ethiopian Aheza Kiros (15:28.28).
In contrast, Kenyan-born Bernard Lagat (USA) […]

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