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Monday, 16 January 2006 |
Ethiopian legend Haile Gebrselassie breaks two records
Ethiopian long-distance legend Haile Gebrselassie broke the world half-marathon record by a remarkable 21 seconds in Arizona.
32-year-old Haile Gebrselassie clocked a time of 58 minutes 55 seconds
running the second half of the Rock 'N' Roll Arizona marathon.
Haile Gebrselassie, twice Olympic 10,000m champion, also broke the 20km
record en route, the 20th time in his career he has set a world mark.
"These are my first in America," Haile Gebrselassie said. "It's a little special to me."
His half-marathon time broke the mark set by 18-year-old Kenyan Samuel Wanjiru last September.
Haile Gebrselassie's 20km time wiped out the record clocked by his long-time rival Paul Tergat of Kenya in 1998.
Kenya in 1998. Haile Gebrselassie won Olympic gold at 10,000m in 1996
and 2000 and he hopes to add to his medal collection at the 2008 Games
in Beijing.
To get ready for this, he will take part in the London Marathon in
April but although he has targeted Paul Tergat's world marathon record,
he played down his chances of breaking it in the English capital.
"You can see from today's record. I hope I will do very good in the London Marathon," Haile Gebrselassie said.
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