Paris: Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola won the gold medal in the men's marathon event at the 2024 Games here on Saturday with a new Olympic record timing of 2:06:26. Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge, who was eyeing ...

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An Ethiopian runner who brought the world's attention to a wave of protests in Ethiopia at the Rio Olympics has been rewarded by his government. Feyisa Lilesa, who received $17,000 (£13,000 ...

Ethiopian distance runner Selemon Barega hopes to make it two in a row at the Paris Olympics but acknowledged he faced strong competition from Ethiopian and Ugandan rivals. The 24-year-old said he ...

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 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay and Diribe Welteji ... "To tell the truth I am a bit tired but I feel fresh," defending Olympic champion Kipyegon said afterwards. "This is another ...

TOKYO - Ethiopia's Lamecha Girma cruised into the final of the Olympic men's 3,000 metres steeplechase with the fastest time of 8:09.83 on Friday as he bids to end Kenya's long-held domination of the ...

REUTERS/Lisa Leutner PARIS, Aug 10 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- Ethiopian runner Tamirat Tola broke the Olympic record to clinch gold in the men’s marathon at the Paris Games on Saturday, Xinhua reported. Tola ...

"Why so special? Because this is more than running. Everybody what you see here, you think they're only running? No they're ...