by gnadmin | Jan 12, 2015 | Ethiopia, Europe, Featured, Half, Holland, Kenya, News
Purity Cherotich and Azmeraw Mengist were surprising winners of this year’s stormy PWN Egmond Half Marathon 2015 The PWN Egmond Half Marathon, during which today’s stormy weather played a leading role, was won by Kenyan runner Purity Cherotich in 1:11:40....
by gnadmin | Oct 14, 2014 | Ethiopia, Events, Featured, Half, News, USA
BOSTON – On a picture perfect day for racing, Ethiopians Mamitu Daska and Lelisa Desisa were crowned champions at the 14th B.A.A. Half Marathon, presented by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund. Daska established a new event record of 1:08:20, while...
by gnadmin | Jun 28, 2013 | Ethiopia, Europe, Featured, News
The Association Internationale De La Presse Sportive will award long distance runner Haile Gebrselassie with an AIPS Power of Sport Award in Lausanne on Sunday. Haile Gebrselassie will receive this award because of his achievements in athletics, which made him...
by gnadmin | Apr 8, 2013 | Ethiopia, Featured, News, USA
The possibility of a world record was out the window by the 1-mile mark, but that didn’t worry Ethiopian Dejen Gebremeskel. Victory was his only objective on Sunday afternoon at the 28th Carlsbad 5000. Sitting pretty in a pack of 13 through a strategic first...
by gnadmin | Feb 24, 2013 | Ethiopia, Featured, Half, News, United Kingdom
Britain’s Mo Farah edged out Ethiopian Gebre Gebremariam in a dramatic finish to win the New Orleans half-marathon. The pair left the rest of the field trailing, and it was Farah who grabbed the glory as a sprint finish gave him victory in one hour and...
by gnadmin | Jan 25, 2013 | Ethiopia, Events, Featured, Marathon, News
Lelisa Desisa wins Dubai as five men break 2:05 Running his debut Ethiopia’s Lelisa Desisa won the 14th Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon with a world-class time of 2:04:45. In a tight finish, five men broke 2:05 for the first time in marathon history. All five were...
