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All times in EDT | Last updated on July 15, 202411:00 am11:00 am11:18 am Kenenisa Bekele Beyecha (Oromo: Qananiisaa baqqalaa; Amharic: ቀነኒሳ በቀለ; born 13 June 1982) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He was the world record holder in both the 5,000-metre and 10,000-metre from 2004 until 2020.
May 18, 2024 · Nearly a month later, Bekele, who last competed at the Olympics on the track at London 2012, was confirmed in a six-member Ethopia team for Paris 2024, where he will be 42. The return to the national squad, after a chequered marathon career blighted by injuries, just affirms his pedigree.
Apr 18, 2024 · Kenenisa Bekele: Pushing himself to the limits. Bekele’s personal best of 2:01:41 from Berlin 2019 still stands as the third-fastest time ever recorded, trailing behind the Kenyan pair of Kiptum, the new world record holder, and Kipchoge.
5 x World champion. 1 x Olympic Games Silver medallist. 1 x World Indoor champion. More Honours. World Rankings. Personal Bests. Seasons Bests. Results. Progression.
Alem Techale, 2003 World Youth Champion at 1500m and fiancée of Olympic 10000m champion Kenenisa Bekele, died of a heart attack this morning during training.
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Jun 9, 2024 · Kenenisa Bekele (born June 13, 1982, near Bekoji, Ethiopia) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who won Olympic gold medals in the 10,000 metres in 2004 and in both the 5,000 metres and the 10,000 metres in 2008. He later had success in the marathon.
Nov 13, 2019 · Described as one of the greatest comebacks in athletics history, Kenenisa Bekele’s astonishing victory in September’s Berlin Marathon in 2:01:41 – within two seconds of the world record - sent shockwaves through the athletics world.
Biography. After setting a world junior record for the 3,000m in 2001, Bekele achieved his first senior success at the 2002 World Cross Country Championships in Dublin, where he became the first man to win the long and short races at the same championships.
Nov 5, 2021 · In 2019, Kenenisa Bekele came within two seconds of breaking Eliud Kipchoge’s world record. At 39, the Ethiopian champion has come to New York to prove he can still win anywhere.
