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VALENCIA, Spain — Ethiopian runner Yomif Kejelcha made every second count as he broke the men's half-marathon record by just one second Sunday. Kejelcha finished strongly in the Spanish city of ...
Ethiopian Abebe Bikila won it consecutively in 1960 and 1964 and Waldemar Cierpinski did the same in 1976 and 1980 representing then-East Germany. Breaking from tradition, the men’s Olympic ...
He became the first Ethiopian winner of the Olympic men's marathon in 24 years. Tola's victory was all the more sweet given he was not initially on the team, having been called up after Sisay ...
PARIS – Ethiopian runner Tamirat Tola won the men's marathon at the Paris Olympics on Saturday to end Kenya's dominance of the race. Tola finished in an Olympic record time of 2 hours ...