Spectacular Ethiopian athletes shine at Doha 2010

Sports Agencies | March 28, 2010

DOHA (Mar 14) – The 2010 Doha World Athletics Championships will be remembered for spectacular shows by Ethiopian teenage sensation Kalkidan Gezahegn, who won gold for the 1500m. She is the youngest to do so. Derese Mekonnen won gold in the 1500m race. He was racing flawlessly that one sports commentator compared him to middle distance legend Miruts Yifter of the ’70s and ’80s. Meseret Defar was also honored as the first female athlete to win the championships four times in a row.

Watch teenage sensation Kalkidan Gezahegn

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