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Kenyan wins Olympic men's marathon


August 2008 ... more > Top ^

Aug. 23
   Beijing: Samuel Wanjiru pulled away over the final few kilometers to become the first Kenyan in the storied running history to win an Olympic marathon

   Beijing: Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele crushed the opposition as he cruised to 5,000m gold, adding to the 10,000m title he won eight days ago
 Bekele sprinted to a new Olympic record time of 12 min 57.82 sec to beat Kenyans Kipchoge and Cheruiyot Soi


April 2008 ... more > Top ^

Apr.13 Record as Lel wins a 3rd London Marathon
  Kenyan Martin Lel won the London Marathon for the 3rd time in 4 years in a course record time when Mikitenko of Germany took the women's race
Apr.12   Trouble-free torch relay
  Tanzania: The mayor of Tanzania's main city received the Olympic torch from a Chinese official and assured him its run would be smooth


year 2007 Top ^

Sep.30 Gebrselassie breaks Marathon record
   Berlin: Haile Gebrselassie broke the world record when he won the Berlin Marathon in an unofficial two hours four minutes 26 seconds

year 2006 Top ^

Apr.23   Limo wins on London Marthon debut
  Kenyan outsprinted team mate and defending champion Martin Lel Apr.17   Cheruiyot claims second Boston win
  Kenyan is beating the course record by one second. Rita Jeptoo won the women's race

year 2005 Top ^

Nov.6   Tergan, Prokopcuka win Marathon   New York: Kenya's Paul Tergat held off defending champion Ramaala in a final sprint to win the men's title Aug.26 Bekele shatters 10,000m world mark   Belgium: Ethiopian running phenomenon destroyed the men's 10,000 meters world record in Brussels, 26 min. 17.53 sec. Aug.13 Dibaba completes a unique double
   Finland: Ethiopian added the 10,000 meters title to her 5,000 gold in Helsinki
Aug.6 Dibaba leads Ethiopian clean sweep   Finland: The 19-year-old led a clean sweep of the women's 10,000 meters on the first day of the world championships London wins 2012 Olympics

year 2004 Top ^

Aug.20 Bekele ends reign of Gebrselassie   Greece: Kenenisa Bekele sealed his reputation of long-distance running when he won the Olympic men's 10,000 meters Jun.8 Bekele breaks 10,000m world record   Czech Republic: Ethiopian broke his second world record in 9 days when he shattered Haile Gebrselassie's mark

year 2003 Top ^

Nov.2   Kenyans again rule City Marathon   New York: Margaret Okayo is smashing the course record and Martin Lel winning his debut marathon Sep.28 Tergat sets marathon record
   Berlin: Kenyan won in 2 hours 4 minutes 55 seconds, beating Khannouchi's previous mark in 2002 - by 43 seconds Aug.24     Bekele leads Ethiopian romp
   France: 21-year-old Kenenisa Bekele out-sprinted Haile Gebrselassie for the gold in the men's 10,000m in Paris Aug.23   Adere heads Ethiopian double   France: Berhane Adere claims the first track gold at the World Championships in the women's 10,000m Feb.24   Kenya upsets Sri Lanka  Kenya produced the biggest shock of the World Cup on by beating 1996 champion and group leader by 53 runs Feb.12     South Africa routs Kenya  Gibbs savaged the Kenyan attack

year 2001 Top ^

Nov.4 Ethiopian sets record in Marathon   New York: Tesfaye Jifar set a record in winning Marathon. Kenyan Margaret Okayo was the women's winner

year 2000 Top ^

Sep.30 Kenyans dominant in distance events
   Sydney: The Kenyans are going 1-2 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a bumper-car finish, and first and third in the 1,500

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