Stunning Bekele Breaks Record to Kill Gebrselassie's Farewell Dream; Veteran Ottey Eases Into Semi-Final of Women's 100m
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IN an uncertain athletics world, it is comforting that some things remain unchanged. Ethiopia routinely wins at 10,000 metres, and if it's the Olympics, there must be Merlene Ottey.
Kenenisa Bekele won in record time on his debut last night - first track gold of the Games - in dazzling style. Ottey strolled into the semi-finals of the women's 100m, in her seventh Olympic Games at the age of 44. Bekele was not born when Ottey won the first of her record eight Olympic medals in 1980. He is 22, yet has already rewritten the lexicon of endur-ance superlatives.See the full content of this document
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Stunning Bekele Breaks Record to Kill Gebrselassie's Farewell Dream; Veteran Ottey Eases Into Semi-Final of Women's 100m
In the Olympic stadium at Maroussi last night, he ended the reign of the Little Emperor, Haile Gebrselassie, who had back-to-back Olympic golds behind him, and four consecutive world titles at the distance.
Bekele won in an Olympic record of 27min 05.10sec, more ...See the full content of this document
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