Kenenisa's outstanding track career led to his involvement in a project to break the two-hour barrier for the marathon, though a number of factors undermined this effort. [14] 2004 season In 2004, he broke the world records for the indoor 5000 m, outdoor 5000 m and outdoor 10,000 m (both in a timeframe of 9 days). [15] Kenenisa Bekele, (born June 13, 1982, near Bekoji, Ethiopia), 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.
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3 x Olympic champion. 5 x World champion. 1 x Olympic Games Silver medallist. 1 x World Indoor champion. More Honours. World Rankings. Personal Bests. Seasons Bests. Results. 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. Kenenisa. Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya pulled away in the final meters to win the women's race, just three months after she won gold in the women's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics. Albert Korir of Kenya won the. Bekele retained both titles in 2003 and again in 2004. At the 2003 World Championships of Athletics, Bekele won the 10,000m and finished third in the 5,000m. In the run-up to the Olympic Games in Athens, during a 10-day period, Bekele broke Gebrselassie's world records in both the 10,000m and the 5,000m. Triumph over his idol
Kenenisa Bekele Set to shine despite spurning double Athlete Profile 2008 Beijing Olympic
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. 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 5000-metre and 10000-metre from 2004 until 2020. He won the gold medal in both the 5000 m and 10,000 m events at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Kenenisa Bekele started out as a football player, but soon switched to running, and is considered among the greatest ever distance runners. The short Ethiopian was seen as the successor to Haile Gebrselassie. Bekele's first successes came in cross-country. From 2002-06, he won both the short and long races at the International Cross-Country. CNN — The New York City Marathon returns on Sunday following a two-year hiatus, and at the front of the field, legendary distance runner Kenenisa Bekele is primed to "make more history" in.
Kenenisa Bekele, 5'3", current world record and Olympic record holder in both the 5k and 10k
Athletics (2020 Pool) It's not easy being Kenenisa Bekele. For nearly 25 years, his name has been synonymous with running. A long journey of pushing himself and setting ambitious yet achievable goals. Three-time Olympic gold medalist Kenenisa Bekele, 41, set a new masters world record of 2:04:19 during the Valencia Marathon on Sunday. Bekele was 20 seconds behind the lead group at the halfway.
Fresh off yet another European cross country win—he was undefeated against the world's best on the first leg of his 2003 season—20-year-old Kenenisa Bekele contemplates a future that few can. Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele is arguably the greatest distance runner of all time, a fact underscored in Berlin's Olympic stadium last summer when he successfully repeated the 5,000m/10,000m.
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Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele brought the crowd in the National Indoor Arena to its feet with a successful attack on the World indoor 5000m record, finishing with a determined sprint in a time of 12:49.60 during a memorable night's competition at the Norwich Union Grand Prix. Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia destroyed the World outdoor 5000m record at the Thales FBK-Games - IAAF Grand Prix - this evening, adding this prize to the indoor mark he set in Birmingham earlier this year. The World 10,000m champion's time of 12:37.35 bettered Haile Gebrselassie's 12:39.36 which had been set in Helsinki in 1998.
