People in Sports | Haile Gebrselassie
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Haile Gebrselassie will try to win his third consecutive Berlin Marathon and attempt to break the world record again. Organizers said Tuesday that...
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London 2012 the long-term aim for Gebrselassie
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Haile Gebrselassie will contest the Berlin marathon in September for a third straight year after shattering the world record in the German capital in 2007, organisers said yesterday.
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Run machines
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
When Haile Gebrselassie was taking distance running to new levels a decade ago few could have imagined that even before he had retired he would be eclipsed by another Ethiopian
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‘Haile’ Kenenisa Bekele
Hindu (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Twelve years ago, a young boy in Ethiopia watched in awe as the legendary Haile Gebrselassie raced to the 10,000m gold at the Atlanta Olympics. Kenenisa Bekele, the 14-year-old, had a loud radio on top of the television, so he followed the race ...
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Fitter, faster but Olympic legend says Beijing gold unlikely
CNN (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
In Beijing in August, Ethiopian runner Haile Gebrselassie will once again find himself staring down the 10,000 meters of rubberized track that curls between him and a third gold medal in the Olympic event.
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This sounds like fun... not
Smalltalk Tidbits, Industry Rants (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
How much would it stink to be a world class athlete and have to pull out of the Olympics due to the air quality at the venue? Haile Gebrselassie, the worldâs leading long-distance runner, who suffers from asthma, has already pulled out of the marathon. I've been wondering how bad the air would be at the Olympics, and it looks like I have my anser - from the London Times: Last week The Sunday Times...
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Ring road relay
Owen's musings (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
Here is the Marie Stopes team for the Olympic Day Ring Road Relay yesterday. Each team of 12 people ran a kilometre each on the newly built ring road, between Meganagna and Bole. It was an out-and-back route, so we got to see the elite athletes going past. Haile Gebrselassie presented the prizes at the [...]
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Marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie concentrates on 10,000 :: Beijing Olympics Blog
Chinalyst - China blogs in English (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
The marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie won’t be competing in the Beijing Olympic marathon, citing concerns over the environment. Instead he his turning his sights to the 10,000 meters in a hope to win an Olympic medal. He has won the event at both the Atlanta and Sydney 2000 Olympics. Now aged 35 he faces stiffer competition from upcoming younger runners. He came second to Sileshi Sihine...
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In second place, but victorious
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
It was a run that would have brought him a medal at last year's world championships in Osaka, but Haile Gebrselassie (pictured right) was not being so presumptuous. As he crossed the line in Hengelo, smiling and offering a thumbs-up for the cameras, he found himself in a strange position: on a track in The Netherlands where he had broken numerous world records.
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Haile Gebrselassie makes his case for Olympics
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 05/26/2008
Haile Gebrselassie could have secured his Olympic selection at 10,000 metres with an impressive performance in Hengelo, Holland, writes Tom Knight.
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Gebrselassie back on track but second may not be enough
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/26/2008
Haile Gebrselassie clocked a time of under 27 minutes in the 10,000m, but was pipped to first place
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Gebrselassie closes on Beijing spot
The Independent (Free subscription) | 05/26/2008
Before the start of the FBK Games in the Fanny Blankers-Koen Stadium here on Saturday, Haile Gebrselassie was paraded around the track in an open-top convertible with the Indiana Jones theme tune blaring over the public address system. When he reappeared for the 10,000 metres, there was no fedora or bullwhip, but the Ethiopian athlete still accomplished his against-the-odds mission.
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Sports in Brief: Gebrselassie hopes for Olympics
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 05/25/2008
Haile Gebrselassie ran his fastest 10,000 meters in four years yesterday, well within the 27-minute mark he sought to push his case to be on the Ethiopian team for the Beijing Olympics.
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Brilliance of Jelimo and Saladino hints at golden summer
The Independent (Free subscription) | 05/25/2008
It takes quite some performance to become the African star of the show when those Ethiopian kings of distance running, Kenenisa Bekele and Haile Gebrselassie, happen to be included on the bill. Few of the crowd at the opening IAAF Grand Prix of the European season would have even heard of Pamela Jelimo when they arrived at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Stadium here in the eastern Netherlands yesterday....
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Gebrselassie aiming for Olympic 10,000 metres berth
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
HENGELO, Netherlands (Reuters) - Twice Olympic 10,000 metres champion Haile Gebrselassie will face a daunting task at Saturday's grand prix in Hengelo when he tries to earn his fourth consecutive Olympic appearance.
