Keninsa Bekele simply cantered to a sub13 win over 5000m in Hengelo

His time was a world leading 12:58.94 and his winning margin was 15 seconds, all in a day’s work for the World’s supreme distance maestro

The incredible Ethiopian, Haile Gebrselassie, at age 35 runs sub 27 minutes for 10000m in Hengelo in an attempt to make his country’s team to the Beijing Olympics.

His agent Jos Hermans stated that in preparation for the race Haile did not run intervals shorter than 2000m, so if he is selected for the team then we can believe there is a lot more to come from the ‘Little General’ once he turns his attention to speed specific sessions.

His likely team-mates, if Haile qualifies, are Sihine who won the 10k in Hengelo and reigning Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele who won the 5000m at the same meeting in Hengelo

The new Kenyan 800m sensation, Pamela Jelimo ran 1:55.76 at the Hengelo meeting Sunday in the Netherlands.

This is the fastest time over the distance for some years

The Women’s 800m in Beijing Olympics will be a keenly contested final between Kenya and Russia