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Outside the International Convention Centre in England's second city yesterday Brummies were queuing to see Britain's Got Talent – Simon Cowell, Ant and Dec et al. Inside the National Indoor Arena, just around the corner, the capacity 8,000 crowd were ba
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Phenomenology of Sprinting and Endurance: Toward a Uniform Performance Assessment Model
International Assn. of Athletics Federations
According to the IAAF scoring tables, Usain Bolt’s 100m world record of 9.58 sec is worth 1374 points, whereas Kenenisa Bekele’s 10,000m world record of 26:17.59 yields only 1295 points. This suggests a weakness in the current scoring methodology. This p
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Ethiopia distance star Kenenisa Bekele explains to the media why he could only manage 11th place as he suffered a defeat at the Great Edinburgh Cross Country Challenge men's 3Km race at Holyrood Park, in Edinburgh, on January 7, 2012. View Photo »
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BOSTON (AP) - Galen Rupp might be the only Olympic hopeful who's looking forward to a drop of rain or even some fog in London. The American 10,000 meter record-holder has exercise-induced asthma, along with severe allergies to pollen and other airborne p
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The weekly Olympic news from the week commencing 23rd January 2012 in the run up to this Summer's London 2012 Olympic. Great Britain’s Nathan Robertson and Jenny Wallwork won the mixed doubles title at the Swedish International in Stockholm to boost thei
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Ayele Abshero and his Ethiopian colleagues turned the marathon tide substantially yesterday (Friday) in a sizzling Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon which rewrote the record books. Abshero, just turned 21, ran the fastest winning debut in history, taking
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Kenya's Asbel Kiprop (front left) in the Great Edinburgh Cross Country Challenge men's 3Km race that he won running against Olympic and World champion, Kenenisa Bekele (2R) who finished 11th and Eliud Kipchoge (2L) who finished 3rd at Holyrood Park, in Edinburgh,... View Photo »
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LONDON (GBR): Ethiopia's double Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele played a major part earlier this week in persuading his national federation, the Ethiopian Athletics Federation (EAF), to revoke the ban on him and 34 other athletes which had put their par
About Kenenisa Bekele
Wikipedia
Kenenisa Bekele (born June 13, 1982 in Ethiopia) is an Ethiopian distance runner who holds the world records in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres. He is the reigning two-time Olympic champion over 10,000 metres and the most accomplished runner in IAAF World Cross Country Championships history, with six long (12K) course and five short (4K)... Full Article
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Kenya's Asbel Kiprop (front left) in the Great Edinburgh Cross Country Challenge men's 3Km race that he won running against Olympic and World champion, Kenenisa Bekele (2R) who finished 11th and Eliud Kipchoge (2L) who finished 3rd at Holyrood Park, in Edinburgh, on January 7, 2012.
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Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele celebrates as he wins the men's 10.000m during the Diamond League athletics meeting in Brussels on September 16, 2011.
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Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele wins the 10,000m men's race during the Memorial Van Damme Diamond League meeting at the King Baudouin stadium in Brussels, Friday Sept. 16, 2011.
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Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele, center, participates in the 10,000m men's discipline during the Memorial Van Damme Diamond League meeting at the King Baudouin stadium in Brussels, Friday Sept. 16, 2011.
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Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia wins the men's 10000 metres race at the Memorial Van Damme, IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting in Brussels September 16, 2011.
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Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele walks off the track after retiring from the men's 10,000 metres final at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Daegu on August 28, 2011. Bekele did not finish the race.
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DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA - AUGUST 28: Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia withdraws from the men's 10,000 metres final during day two of the 13th IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Daegu Stadium on August 28, 2011 in Daegu, South Korea.
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Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia leaves the track after pulling out of the men's 10,000 metres final at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu August 28, 2011.
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Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele walks off the track during the Men's 10,000m at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011.
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Kenenisa Bekele of Ethopia displays his gold medal during the awards ceremony for the men's 10,000 metres at the world athletics championships at the Olympic stadium in Berlin in this August 18, 2009 file photo. World record holder Bekele plans to return from a year-long calf injury in...
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Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia celebrates his victory in the men's 10,000 metres final during the world athletics championships at the Olympic stadium in Berlin in this August 17, 2009 file photo. World record holder Bekele plans to return from a year-long calf injury in time to defend his...
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FILE - This is a Friday Sept. 16, 2011 file photo of Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele as he wins the 10,000m men's race during the Memorial Van Damme Diamond League meeting at the King Baudouin stadium in Brussels. The president of the Ethiopian athletics federation says the suspension of...
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FILE - This is a Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009 file photo showing Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia, center, celebrates his gold medal, ahead of Bernard Lagat of U.S. , left, at the men's 3,000-meter race during an IAAF World Athletics Final at Thessaloniki's Kaftanzoglio stadium, Greece. ...
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FILE - This is a Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010 as Kenya's David Lekuta Rudisha runs to win 800 meters during the IAAF Continental Cup in Split, Croatia. Rudisha, of Kenya, and Ethiopian distance great, Kenenisa Bekele, are two of Africa's strongest medal hopes for the upcoming world athletics...
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Kenya's Asbel Kiprop (front left) in the Great Edinburgh Cross Country Challenge men's 3Km race that he won running against Olympic and World champion, Kenenisa Bekele (2R) who finished 11th and Eliud Kipchoge (2L) who finished 3rd at Holyrood Park, in Edinburgh, on January 7, 2012.
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