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Eritrea’s Rahel Daniel Claimed Second World Cross Country Win in Two Days

January 9, 2023March 22, 2023TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

Winning Campaccio and Elgoibar World Cross Country Tours in a space of only two days. Eritrea’s Rahel Daniel claimed commanding victory at the 79th Cross Internacional Juan Muguerza – a World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold meeting – in the Spanish town of Elgoibar on Sunday (8) three days after she took the honors at […]

Nazret Weldu Smashed 3 Records at Daegu Marathon

April 3, 2022April 3, 2022TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

She also holds the 400m record at 54.99 (Khartoum 2007) BY JOHN VASELYNE | ATHLETICS NEWS Eritrea’s Nazret Weldu smashed three records at the 12th edition of the Daegu Marathon that was held early Sunday (3) in Daegu, South Korea. The 32 year-old who came to this race with a personal best of 2:28.07 that […]

Italian Athletics Federation Signs Agreement for Training in Eritrea

February 13, 2018February 13, 2018TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

The always favorable Asmara climate could help the team in the preparation for Tokyo 2020 BY CORRIERE DELLA SERA * An important agreement was signed on Monday between the Italian Athletics Federation (FIDAL) and the Eritrean Government in key Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. A series of training exchanges and training camps are planned aimed not […]

Eritrean Born Italian Runner Wins Venice Marathon – Unexpectedly

October 23, 2017TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

Runners take wrong turn and as a result there is an unexpected winner, the Eritrean born Italian Eyob Faniel. BY NPR, It’s fair to say things were not supposed to go this way at the Venice Marathon. It would’ve been little surprise if Kenya’s Gilbert Kipleting Chumba had won the race Sunday — or maybe […]

Eritrean Runner Petro Mamu Stripped of World Championship Title for Doping

October 12, 2017October 12, 2017TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

Doping Conviction for Petro Mamu, 2017 World Long Distance Mountain Running Champion BY ARIELLA GINTZLER | TRAIL RUNNER On September 27, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) announced that 2017 World Long Distance Mountain Running Champion Petro Mamu used banned performance-enhancing drugs (PED) in competition.

Zersenay Joins Elite World Half Marathon Field

March 1, 2016March 1, 2016TesfaNews20 Comments

By Alan Baldwin | for Reuters, Half Marathon record holder Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea has joined Britain’s Mo Farah and Kenya’s reigning champion Geoffrey Kamworor in an elite field for the world championships in Cardiff on March 26. Tadese, 34, has held the record of 58 minutes 23 seconds since March 2010 and will be […]

2015: The Year Anti-Eritrea Forces Go Bankrupt

December 22, 2015TesfaNews52 Comments

By Bereket Kidane, As 2015 comes to an end, let’s look back at the dynamic year that it was for Eritrea. Among other things, 2015 will be remembered as the year that saw anti-Eritrea forces go bankrupt. The year was dominated by significant sports achievements by Eritrean athletes. Eritrean cyclists made history at the Criterium […]

Ethiopia’s Legese 1st, Eritrea’s Tadese 3rd at Delhi Half Marathon

November 29, 2015November 29, 2015TesfaNews8 Comments

By TesfaNews, Ethiopia’s Birhanu Legese won the 2015 Airtel Delhi Half Marathon today (29) after clocking 59:20 minutes while his compatriot Mosinet Geremew, who was third in 2014, finished a second later. Eritrea’s Zersenay Tadese, the world record holder in half marathon, finished third in 59:24 minutes. Kenyans Edwin Kiptoo (59:26 minutes) and Jonathan Maiyo […]