Hours after Kenenisa Bekele and Tirunesh Dibaba completed their short and long course doubles at last weekend’s 33rd IAAF World Cross Country Championships in St-Etienne/St-Galmier (19/20 March), the Ethiopian athletics team was already celebrating its haul of nine medals from a good weekend’s work in central France.
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Two venues, one long Ethiopian party

Hours after Kenenisa Bekele and Tirunesh Dibaba completed their short and long course doubles at last weekend’s 33rd IAAF World Cross Country Championships in St-Etienne/St-Galmier (19/20 March), the Ethiopian athletics team was already celebrating its haul of nine medals from a good weekend’s work in central France.... Read more

If Kenenisa Bekele's short course victory in the IAAF World Cross Country Championships on Saturday was a triumph of the human spirit, then his successful defense of the long course crown 24 hours later suspended belief even further.
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'This double means more than the others put together,' says Kenenisa Bekele

If Kenenisa Bekele's short course victory in the IAAF World Cross Country Championships on Saturday was a triumph of the human spirit, then his successful defense of the long course crown 24 hours later suspended belief even further.... Read more

A generation ago, Derartu Tulu’s gold medal at 10,000 metres at the Barcelona Olympic Games was heralded as a breakthrough moment for East African women athletes.
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Dibaba – surpassing even her illustrious family tradition

A generation ago, Derartu Tulu’s gold medal at 10,000 metres at the Barcelona Olympic Games was heralded as a breakthrough moment for East African women athletes.... Read more

Galmier, France – Kenenisa Bekele completed his fourth consecutive World Cross Country golden double to become the most medalled athlete in the history of these championships, when winning the Men’s Long Race at the 33rd edition of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in St-Etienne/St-Galmier.
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Invincible Bekele reigns supreme – Men’s Long Race Report

Galmier, France – Kenenisa Bekele completed his fourth consecutive World Cross Country golden double to become the most medalled athlete in the history of these championships, when winning the Men’s Long Race at the 33rd edition of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in St-Etienne/St-Galmier.... Read more

Etienne, France – On the final day of the 33rd edition of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in St-Etienne/St-Galmier, Ethiopia not content with producing a distance runner who bestrides men’s cross-country running like a colossus, appear to have also developed a talented woman runner to awe the rest of the world for some time to come.
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Dibaba doubles – Women’s Short Race Report

Etienne, France – On the final day of the 33rd edition of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in St-Etienne/St-Galmier, Ethiopia not content with producing a distance runner who bestrides men’s cross-country running like a colossus, appear to have also developed a talented woman runner to awe the rest of the world for some time to come.... Read more