Kenenisa Bekele
Kenenisa Bekele
Kenenisa Bekeleis an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who holds the world record and Olympic record in both the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres events. He won a double at the 2008 Summer Olympics in these events; he also won the 2004 Olympic title over 10,000 m. He is married to Danawit Gebregziabherand has one brother Tariku Bekele...
ProfessionRunner
Date of Birth13 June 1982
bit difficult future help hope train
It was a little bit difficult for him he is very young. I help him, we train together. I hope for him in the future he has a lot of talent.
challenge heard liked major mile race run york
I've always liked the challenge of the shorter distance, and with no major championships for me in 2006 this is my chance. I like to run in the U.S. and I have heard a lot about this mile race in New York City.
accomplish achieved aside country cross six step time younger
I've achieved everything there is to accomplish in cross country. I've competed in the cross country world championships for six years and now it's time to step aside and make way for some of our younger athletes.
concerned energy race save short tougher trying
I was not trying to save any energy for tomorrow's race. The short race is the tougher race and this was the one I was concerned about.
expecting hard hurt race work
I was expecting him to do what he did and go early, he's done it before so it didn't come as a surprise. It hurt - it was a hard race and he made me work with everything I had for the win.
record stood
The 3,000 meters record has stood for a long time.
break hard needed ounce pull race strength tough wind
Today's race was tough because of the wind. The wind made it hard to break away and I needed every ounce of strength to pull away from the other runners.
anyone catch checking pass since
Since we were very close, I was checking to see if anyone would catch up or try to pass me.
position surprise
My getting to this position is something that doesnt completely surprise me at this point,
athlete close compared expect last
I did not expect him to be that close compared to the world championships last year. He is an athlete with potential.
great result
This was a great result for Ethiopia, but Tirunesh stole the show with her win.
confident people race requires short speed strong title tougher
There are a lot of people who would like to snatch the title from me. I think the short race is tougher than the long one because it requires speed and there are a lot of strong athletes, but I'm confident I can win.
athletes harder people strong sure titles trained
There are many strong athletes and I'm sure they've trained harder this year. A lot of people would like to snatch these titles from me.
brother race
The race was very fantastic, ... Today, I had my brother with me. He did everything very good. Today, everything was perfect.