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Ethiopia Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia's New Athletics President

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Running great Haile Gebrselassie resigned as president of the Ethiopian Athletics Federation on Monday, calling it a "sacrifice" for the sport. He had been president for two years. He was replaced by another running great, Derartu Tulu. Gebrselassie has been unhappy with the growing grievances of local.


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Haile Gebrselassie, the legendary Ethiopian long-distance runner, has announced he is enlisting in the military to fight in his country's escalating civil war. The announcement comes after Ethiopia's Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, said he would go to the front line to lead the war. 48-year-old Gebrselassie, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, told.


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Ethiopia's running legend Haile Gebrselassie (left) explains features of the Hyundai electric car to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed after he presented the car to the leader in Addis Ababa on July 27, 2020. | Pool | Ethiopian Embassy Athletics Premium Haile Gebrselassie: The secret behind my business success Sunday, January 10, 2021


Distance running hero Haile Gebrselassie to bow out of competitive

Gebrselassie is regarded as a legend in Ethiopia, and his comments were seen as an attempt to rally public support behind the war effort. During his 25-year career as an athlete, he claimed two.


Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia in action in the Men's 10000m Heats at

The two-time Olympic gold medal winner Haile Gebrselassie is one of the world's best-known athletes, a national hero in Ethiopia who also happens to be an accessible man and after a couple of phone calls we found ourselves sitting in his modest-looking office in the centre of Addis Ababa.


Hotels belonging to Gebrselassie destroyed during unrest in Ethiopia

Haile Gebrselassie resigned as president of the Ethiopian Athletics Federation on Monday 12th November 2018. The two-time world marathon record holder detailed the challenges he has faced as EAF president since his election in November 2016.


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Haile GEBRSELASSIE Team Ethiopia Athletics Olympic Medals 2 G Games Participations 4 First Olympic Games Atlanta 1996 Year of Birth 1973 Olympic Results Biography Haile Gebrselassie is considered one of the greatest runners in history, with victories and world records in almost every long-distance and middle-distance event. Born to run


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📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe Two-time 10,000 metres Olympic champion Haille Gebrselassie built a name as an athletics star. Now he is.


Haile Gebrselassie to be honoured with AIMS Lifetime Achievement award

Olympic legend and now successful businessman Haile Gebrselassie warns West not to push Ethiopia The two-time Olympic gold medal winner, now a thriving businessman, spent much of his 20-year career overseas, staying in hotels and using services that were unavailable in Ethiopia and is now using that experience to his advantage. John Sparks


Gebrselassie greets IOC President Bach in Addis Ababa

Haile Gebrselassie is an Ethiopian retired athlete considered one of the greatest long-distance runners of all time in the world. He runs ranging from 800 meters to Marathon, indoor, outdoor, and cross country, and road running in the latter years of his career. He broke 61 national records and set 27 world records.


Ethiopian great Gebrselassie retires from competitive running again

Haile Selassie is widely considered a defining figure in modern Ethiopian history, and the key figure of Rastafari, a religious movement in Jamaica that emerged shortly after he became emperor in the 1930s.


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Wed 24 Nov 2021 11.17 EST The two-time Olympic gold medallist Haile Gebrselassie has announced he is enlisting in the Ethiopian military to fight an insurgency that threatens the capital,.


Haile GEBRSELASSIE Olympic Athletics Ethiopia

ADDIS ABABA, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Ethiopian Olympic gold medallist and national hero Haile Gebrselassie pledged on Wednesday to join the fight against rebellious forces in his country, after.


Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia wins the men's 10,000m final at the

Haile Gebrselassie likes to remind people that, when it comes to athletics, Kenya and Ethiopia are in a co-dependent relationship. He sees the historic growth of the distance-running dominance of these two countries as deeply imbricated. "I needed the Kenyans. They were my headache, and they were my strength," he says.


Indian athletes can dominate Kenyans, Ethiopians in future Haile

Sept. 28, 2008. Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia again showed why many consider him the greatest distance runner ever, breaking his own world record in the marathon in Berlin on Sunday and becoming.


Haile Gebrselassie Elected Ethiopia Athletics Chief

Haile Gebrselassie was born in the small Ethiopian village of Asella in April 1973. From a young age, he was drawn to running and would often run to and from school. As he grew older, his love for the sport only grew stronger and he began training with local coaches.