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Search Results: haileHaile Gebrselassie wins Dubai Marathon for third time but misses RecordPublished: Jan 22, 2010 by bini
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 Haile Gebrselassie clinched the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon title for the third successive year this morning but it was an unconvincing victory in a slow time of two hours six minutes nine seconds. Despite achieving his hat-trick, Gebrselassie failed by a big margin to challenge his 18-month-old world record of 2hr 3min 59sec in an attempt which never materialised from the start of the race. The race began at a snail's pace and the nearest margin the pacemakers got to the figure he set in Berlin was 38 seconds when the pack went through nine kilometres in 26 min 43sec. Thereafter it went even further off schedule and instead of it passing through the halfway point in 61min 59sec, a pack of seven went through in a time of 62 min 51 sec. Haile aims to break his own marathon world record in Dubai to collect $1 millionPublished: Jan 20, 2010 by bini
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 DUBAI,
United Arab Emirates — Aiming to break his own marathon world record on
Friday at the Dubai Marathon, Haile Gebrselassie says "it's possible."The 36-year-old Ethiopian will pick up a US$1-million bonus - on top of the $250,000 winner's prize - if he improves on his record of two hours three minutes 59 seconds set in Berlin in 2008. "To break the world record in marathon, everything needs to be perfect," Gebrselassie said Wednesday, two days ahead of his first race in 2010. "This year it looks like it's possible." A Race Against Climate Change in EthiopiaPublished: Oct 23, 2009 by bini
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 The city is also the capital of the Arsi zone, which has produced the country’s top distance runners and continues to carve out a reputation as its breadbasket of running. After producing marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie and two-time Olympic 10,000m champion Derartu Tulu in the 1990’s, the region’s unending production line churned out the Bekele brothers (Kenenisa and Tariku), the Dibaba sisters (Tirunesh, Ejegayehou, and Genzebe), and many others. Haile Gebrselassie wins Berlin Marathon - Sep 20, 2009Published: Sep 20, 2009 by Helly
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 BERLIN (AP) — Haile Gebrselassie won the
Berlin Marathon for the fourth time Sunday despite struggling in the
last third of the race.
The Ethiopian star was on world record pace in the first 30 kilometers. But once his last pace maker dropped out, Gebrselassie noticeably slowed down and was gritting his teeth by the time he approached the finish line under the Brandenburg Gate in sunny and warm weather. "It wasn't marathon weather," Gebrselassie said. "It was too warm in the last 10 kilometers. ... At the beginning it was perfect. I could have tried to push maybe, but really it's wonderful. I am OK." Gebrselassie set world records in winning on his favorite course the last two years, but this time he finished well over in 2 hours, 6 minutes and 8 seconds.
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