The Associated Press
EUGENE, Oregon: A second Ethiopian will try to break a world record June 8 at the Nike Prefontaine Classic.
Meseret Defar will attempt to break her world 5,000-meter mark in a race to be held immediately after countryman Kenenisa Bekele goes after his world 10,000 record, meet officials said Wednesday.
Both races will be held in the morning before the official start of the meet.
Meseret, 24, broke her own world record with a time of 14 minutes, 16.63 seconds last June 15 in Oslo, Norway. She was just 20 when she won the gold medal in the event at the Athens Olympics four years ago.
As with the previously announced race by Kenenisa Bekele, the women’s 5,000 will have a pace-setter, Russian Olga Komyagina, fifth in the 3,000 at the world indoors this year, a race Meseret won. Meseret also won the 5,000 at last year’s world outdoor championships in Osaka, Japan.
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Almighty God be with you our brother and sister. you are our icons. we love you all
Those women from Bokoji and Asella and men from the Highland of Arsi are making the history in world sport. Ababa Biikiilaa was the leader of them all from central Ethiopia.
The are some theories that has been going around still relating to the physical make up of the Africans. I am very much assured such theories are distorted and out of place.
I believe those men and women do become victorious because of their mental endurance that will lead their body to do whatever they want to do not because they had special physical make ups the substantially differ from their white women and men counter parts.
Am wondering if some of you have already wondering about this assertion? I wonder if this not out right racism towards us?