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 […]
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ብ ጀማል መሓመድ ኣማን፡ ኤርትራውያን ኣትሌታት ናዝሬት ወልዱን ራሕማ መሓመድን ኣብ ቻይና፡ ከተማ ዙጂ – ሻንጋይ ብ21 ሕዳር ኣብ ዘካየድኦ ውድድር ፍርቂ ማራቶን፡ ቀዳመይትን ራብዐይትን ብምውጻእ ደሚቐን ከምዝወዓላ ኣሰልጣኒኤን ኣቶ ሊቪንግስቶን ኣብርሃም፡ ገሊጹ። ብመሰረት’ቲ ኣሰልጣኒ፡ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ሻምፕዮን ኣትለቲክስ ዓለም፡ ንፈለማ ግዜኣ ኣብ ናይ 10,000 ሜተር ዝተኻፈለት ናዝሬት ወልዱ፡ ነቲ 21 ኪ.ሜተር ዝሽፍን ውድድር፡ 1 ሰዓት […]
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By TesfaNews, African 10,000m champion, Eritrean Nguse Amlosom, today won the Rock’n’Roll Half Marathon in Lisbon with a time of 1:02:38, just one second ahead of Ethiopian record-holder Tsegay. Kenyan Alex Oloitiptit made it to the podium taking third in 1:02:44, only 23 seconds in front of compatriot Serem. Portugese race favorite Samuel Barata finished […]
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By TesfaNews, Eritrean athletes Zersenay Tadese and Hizkel Tewolde today clinched Gold and Bronze medals in the Men’s Half Marathon race in Brazzaville while fellow athelete Samson Gebreyohans finished 4th. Zersenay ran 1:03:11 to beat Kenyan favorite Luka Kanda. The legendary Zersenay Tadese currently holds men’s half marathon world record (WR). He is also Eritrea’s first […]
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By IAAF, Eritrea’s Merhawi Kesete wins the men’s title Usti nad Labem Half Marathon in the Czech Republic by beating better known rivals with a winning time of 1:00:58, 20 seconds outside the course record. Kenyan pair Barselius Kipyego and Eliah Tirop were second and third in 1:00:59 and 1:01:12 respectively.
Continue ReadingBy CapitalEritrea, ERITREA’s Ghirmay Ghebreselassie won the Göteborgsvavet Half Marathon 2014 in Gothenburg, Sweden on Saturday after finishing third place during the same event in 2013. Shortly after the race everyone thought Ghebreselassie had set a new track record by three seconds, but this proved wrong after officials announced that the time was taken incorrectly due […]
Continue ReadingBY IAAF, ZERSENAY Tadese will set out on the streets of Copenhagen in tomorrow’s IAAF/AL-Bank World Half Marathon Championships seeking to extend his unprecedented run of individual success in this event. The 32-year-old Eritrean has won five golds and a silver on the past six occasions, but he acknowledges he faces a strong challenge this […]
Continue ReadingBy IAAF, Five-time winner Zersenay Tadese has revealed he will be vying for an unprecedented sixth individual gold medal. Without doubt the most successful athlete in the history of the event, the Eritrean is the reigning champion. He also holds the championship record of 58:59, set in 2007 in Udine in a race that remains […]
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