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World Athletics announces new global championship with $10M prize pot
Addis Ababa, June 3, 2024 (FBC) – World Athletics today announced the launch of the World Athletics Ultimate Championship, a groundbreaking new global championship event set to transform the athletics calendar and define which athlete is the best of the best – pitting world champions, Olympic champions, the Wanda Diamond League winners and the…
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Lemecha Girma wins 3000m steeplechase at Stockholm DL
Addis Ababa, June 2, 2024 (FBC) - Ethiopian athlete Lemecha Girma has stormed the men's 3000m steeplechase with a world-leading 8:01.63 at the Bauhas Galan – a Wanda Diamond League meeting – in Stockholm on Sunday (2).
Lemecha, who has…
Hagos Gebrehiwet clocks 2nd-fastest time in history in men’s 5000m race in Oslo
Addis Ababa, May 30, 2024 (FBC) – Ethiopia’s Hagos Gebrhiwet produced the standout performance of the Bislett Games – and one of the biggest surprises of the year so far – when winning the men’s 5000m in 12:36.73 at the Wanda Diamond League…
World Athletics officially ratifies Tigist Assefa’s world marathon record
Addis Ababa, May 23, 2024 (FBC) - The world athletics sports governing body, World Athletics, confirmed that it has officially ratified Tigist Assefa’s world marathon record of 2:11:53 set in Berlin in September 2023.
The Ethiopian…
Diaspora asked to cheer Ethiopian athletes at Paris Olympic Games
Addis Ababa, May 22, 2024 (FBC) - The National Organizing Committee for the Paris 2024 Olympics has disclosed ambitious plans to facilitate the attendance of over 200,000 members of the Ethiopian diaspora at the upcoming Summer Games.
In…
Selemon Barega wins the 5000m showdown at USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix in Los Angeles
Addis Ababa, May 18, 2024 (FBC) – Ethiopia's Olympic 10,000m champion Selemon Barega has won the 2024 World Athletics Continental Tour Gold continues with the 5000m showdown at the USA Track & Field Los Angeles Grand Prix.
Selemon…
Kenenisa Bekele, Tigst Aseffa to lead Ethiopian marathon team at Paris Olympics
Addis Ababa, May 17, 2024 (FBC) – Renowned athletes Kenenisa Bekele and Tigst Aseffa are set to lead the Ethiopian marathon team at the upcoming Paris Olympics, as announced by the Athletics Federation.
The men’s team includes Sisay…