Men's short course 2003 title - 4km. Winner Kenenisa Bekele again - A Time-to-Run


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	Men's short course title - 4km. Winner Kenenisa Bekele again

Victory sets Bekele to take double double
Kenenisa Bekele rises to the occasion 29 March 2003 - Avenche, Switzerland – Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele defended his short course title in spectacular ways..

This year he was not going to be the 'surprise package of 2003', he was a watched man, pursued by 4 Kenyans right from the start. The packing of the Kenyans in the first 10 was evident and the little Ethiopian was in for a rough ride.

However, he proved his true value as a cross country exponent when he pulled away from Kenya's finest over the last 200m.

The manner with which he did this showed that he still carried much in the tank and tomorrow's long course double looks like as though it may be on.

Bekele finished in a time of 11:01, 3 seconds ahead of John Kibowen with Benjamin Limo third. John Kibowen has won this title on 2 occasions previously, before the rise of Ethiopia and the World's brightest prospect.

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Official Team Results - Short Course 4K Men Saturday, March 29, 2003
Position Country Team Position

1 Kenya 14 Bib No. Athlete Position 238 Kibowen John 2 243 Limo Benjamin 3 242 Kipyego Michael 4 241 Kiplitany Thomas 5 239 Kilel David (8) 240 Kipchumba Evans (21)	2 Ethiopia 31 Bib No. Athlete Position 353 Bekele Kenenisa 1 205 Tadesse Meba 7 45 Absher Tessema 12 202 Endale Abiyote 13 204 Nigusse Ketema (17) 206 Woyesha Dehe (41)	3 Morocco 44 Bib No. Athlete Position 386 El Amri Khalid 6 390 Goumri Abderrahim 10 384 Baday Ahmed 15 250 Hachlaf Abdelkader 16 388 El Wardi Mohamed Saïd (23) 251 Hissou Salah (36)

4 France 80 Bib No. Athlete Position 213 Sghyr Ismaïl 9 211 Maazouzi Driss 14 212 Oubassour Hassan 31 208 Chékhémani Rachid 37 210 Lakhal Irba (52) 207 Abraham Aléxis (103)	5 Spain 83 Bib No. Athlete Position 194 El Nasri Yousef 11 197 García Alberto 20 198 Martínez Antonio Manuel 28 196 Gallardo Sergio 35 195 España Jesús (59) 193 Blanco José Luis (70)	6 Algeria 98 Bib No. Athlete Position 155 Meftah Fathi 22 157 Zerdoum Azzeddine 24 150 Aggoune Khoudir 29 154 Maazouz Abdelhakim 40 151 Boukensa Tarek (50) 153 Khaldi Mohamed (94)

7 Switzerland 140 Bib No. Athlete Position 279 Belz Christian 18 282 Röthlin Viktor 34 278 Bandi Philippe 46 281 Philipp Peter 73 283 Schaffner Jérôme (95) 280 Mächler Michael (106)	8 Great Britain & N.I. 150 Bib No. Athlete Position 218 Thompson Christopher 19 219 Vernon Steven 48 215 Davies Chris 55 214 Bolt Chris 63 216 Farah Mohammed (75) 217 MacLean Angus (85)	9 New Zealand 152 Bib No. Athlete Position 394 Costley Philip 30 254 Blincoe Adrian 42 255 Buck Rees 45 393 Aish Michael 69 257 Willis Nicholas (92)

10 United States 153 Bib No. Athlete Position 293 Rebenciuc Sandu 32 291 Browne Daniel 38 295 Watson Val 57 294 Savage Karl 60 296 Wilson Daniel (61) 292 Connor Ian (62)	11 Canada 157 Bib No. Athlete Position 179 Sullivan Kevin 26 175 Bourgeois Joël 47 178 Kaley Sean 58 176 Deere Jeremy 64 174 Bomba Mark (66)	12 Italy 160 Bib No. Athlete Position 234 Di Pardo Luciano 27 375 Pusterla Umberto 33 237 Scaini Stefano 67 232 D'Ambrosio Domenico 76 372 Battocletti Giuliano (80) 373 De Nard Gabriele (DNS)

13 Portugal 166 Bib No. Athlete Position 263 Silva Manuel 43 262 Silva Fernando 44 265 Teixeira Mário 54 261 Ramos José 65 264 Silva Rui Pedro (77) 260 Feiteira Luís (107)	14 Eritrea 197 Bib No. Athlete Position 189 Abdallah Ali 25 192 Yaccob Furtunato 53 191 Ogbagebriel Yonas 78 337 Amare Natnael 125	15 South Africa 242 266 Dlongwana Sivuyile 71 270 Mokwana David 79 268 Kutoane Vincent 86 271 Motone Alexander 87 269 Maseko Mandla (90) 267 Godongwana Anthony (119)

16 Egypt 257 Bib No. Athlete Position 187 El Mangoud Ahmed Abdel 68 188 El Saman Abdel 84 185 Behery Adel 91 186 El Feky Ahmed 118	17 Ireland 260 Bib No. Athlete Position 371 McCarthy Martin 74 223 Donnelly Dermot 82 370 Berkeley Noel 100 222 Connolly Robert 102 227 Murray Gary (109) 221 Brunton Nigel (120)	18 Belarus 269 170 Teteryukov Igor 83 169 Sadovsky Ruslan 89 168 Nikalayuk Aliaksandr 96 167 Berdnik Siarhei 112

19 Belgium 273 Bib No. Athlete Position 164 Essaadi Ridouane 81 163 Clerbout Tim 97 166 Van Den Velde Stijn 99 165 Rizki Monder 113

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