Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Kenenisa Bekele to defend world title in Daegu - Countdown 10 days



Kenenisa Bekele (ETH), 29, world and Olympic champion, will defend his 10,000m title in the upcoming World Championships 2011 in Daegu, 27 Aug to 4 Sept, his first race sine early 2003

He has won 12 consecutive gold medals, including 2 Olympic and 4 world titles along with 2 world records in this track distance since 2003.
He also won the 5,000m gold in the previous world meet in Berlin 2009

If he wins in Daegu, he will become the first runner at any distance to win 5 consecutive outdoor world titles.



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