(click the above video to play) BY REID FIEST | GLOBAL NEWS Olympics are often about firsts and a young man has made history in South Korea. Shannon-Obgnai Abeda competed in his first winter games and so did the country he represents.
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The youngest Champion in history of Marathon is returning to defend his NYC Marathon title. BY SABRINA YOHANNES | RUNBLOGRUN After his first marathon victory at the Beijing world championships in 2015, Eritrea’s Ghirmay Ghebreslassie mused on the fact that his family had objected to his taking up running. “My parents wanted me to be […]
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Since 2006, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has awarded 130 naturalized citizens from more than 50 countries with the honor. Now, it’s Meb’s turn. BY MONICA GARSKE | NBC 7 Olympian and marathon icon Meb Keflezighi has won many titles but on Wednesday, he was awarded an honor very close to his […]
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By Dr. Fikrejesus Amahazion Eritrea’s Ghirmay Ghebreslassie won the New York City Marathon, among the world’s pre-eminent long-distance annual running events, with a time of 2 hours, 7 minutes, 51 seconds, finishing over a minute ahead of Kenya’s Lucas Rotich, who took second place, and Somali-born American Abdi Abdirahman, who finished third. Although it was […]
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By TesfaNews, The 2016 Summer Olympics officially kicked off on Friday night (Aug. 5) with a colourful ceremony at the Macarana stadium in Rio de Janeiro. The Eritrean contingent was among the more than 11,000 athletes from 200 countries that were walking the floor during the Parade of Nations. Athelet Yonas Zekaryas leads Eritrea in […]
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By Shabait, President Isaias Afwerki today received and encouraged the Eritrean Olympian athletes who are to participate in Rio Olympics that is to be held from 5 – 21 August 2016. Commending the athletes for the determination they demonstrated to reach to this level, President Isaias called on all athletes to enhance efforts to take […]
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By Lets Run and IAAF, Ali Kaya of Turkey cruised to dominating victory at the third edition of the Vodafone Istanbul Half Marathon, an IAAF Bronze Label Road Race, on Sunday (24). Kaya, last year’s European cross country champion, clocked 1:00:16 to win by 15 seconds in a race that featured a rare head-to-head battle […]
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By IAAF, Zersenay Tadese and Leonard Patrick Komon will face off in a rare road-racing clash at the 2nd Vodafone Istanbul Half Marathon, an IAAF Bronze Label Road Race, on Sunday (24). Tadese, from Eritrea, set the world record in the half marathon in 2010, clocking 58:23. Komon meanwhile set the world records at both […]
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