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An Healthy Three-Time Olympics Champion Kenenisa Bekele Opted Out Of Ethiopian Olympics Marathon Trial As A Protest

The three-time Olympic champion on the track and second-fastest marathoner of all time, Kenenisa Bekele has clearly showed his displeasure with the Ethiopian Athletics Association yesterday by annoucing his withdrawal from Saturday’s Ethiopian Olympic marathon trials, which will be held as a 35 km race in the city of Sebeta, 15 miles outside the Ethiopian capital, Addis […]

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Why Ethiopian Olympics Marathon Trial Moved From Geneva

Ethiopian Olympic marathon trials scheduled for Sunday, May 2 in Geneva, Switzerland has now been changed. According to Ethiopian Athletics Association the event will now hold in Sebeta, Ethiopia on Saturday(1) instead. Sebeta which is roughly 15 miles southwest of the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa. The format will remain the same, with the top […]