Selemon Barega wins the 10,000m at the Tokyo Olympic Games (© Dan Vernon)
Selemon Barega will defend his 10,000m title while Gudaf Tsegay has been entered for a 1500m, 5000m and 10,000m treble as part of the Ethiopian team for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Barega got gold ahead of Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo in Tokyo and he will be joined in the 10,000m in Paris by his compatriots Berihu Aregawi and Yomif Kejelcha, the latter having also been named for the 5000m.
World record-holder Lamecha Girma will go for his first global gold in the 3000m steeplechase after securing silver in Tokyo and at the past three editions of the World Championships.
Tsegay, the Olympic 5000m bronze medallist and world champion in the 5000m in 2022 and 10,000m in 2023, will be joined by world 1500m silver medallist Diribe Welteji in the shorter of the three events.
The marathon will feature world record-holder Tigist Assefa, Amane Beriso and Megertu Alemu in the women’s event, and Kenenisa Bekele, Sisay Lemma and Deresa Geleta in the men’s.
Ethiopian team for Paris
WOMEN
800m: Habitam Alemu, Tsige Duguma, Worknesh Mesele
1500m: Birke Haylom, Gudaf Tsegay, Diribe Welteji
5000m: Medina Eisa, Ejgayehu Taye, Gudaf Tsegay
10,000m: Tsigie Gebreselama, Fotyen Tesfay, Gudaf Tsegay
Marathon: Megertu Alemu, Tigist Assefa, Amane Beriso
3000m steeplechase: Sembo Almayew, Lomi Muleta
MEN
1500m: Abdisa Fayisa, Ermias Girma, Samuel Tefera
5000m: Hagos Gebrhiwet, Yomif Kejelcha, Addisu Yihune
10,000m: Berihu Aregawi, Selemon Barega, Yomif Kejelcha
Marathon: Kenenisa Bekele, Deresa Geleta, Sisay Lemma
3000m steeplechase: Lamecha Girma, Samuel Firewu, Getnet Wale
20km race walk: Misgana Wakuma
