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Britain's Paula Radcliffe to act as race starter for the Great Ethiopian Run

11/10/09

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Britain's Paula Radcliffe to act as race starter for the Great Ethiopian Run

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Derartu Tulu, left, of Ethiopia, women's winner in the New York City Marathon, stands by as marathon race director Mary Wittenberg, right, helps 2008 champion Paula Radcliffe, of Great Britain, after Radcliffe finished fourth in the race, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Britain's Paula Radcliffe to act as race starter for the Great Ethiopian Run

Paula Radcliffe will take on a new role later this month when she acts as race starter for the Great Ethiopian Run on November 22.

The marathon world record-holder will share the task with Haile Gebrselassie and Derartu Tulu as a record entry field of 33,000 takes to the streets of Addis Ababa for the 10kilometre race.

Tulu defeated Radcliffe in the recent New York Marathon where the Briton finished fourth.

It will be the 35-year-old's first visit to Ethiopia and, as well as supporting the race, Radcliffe will have an opportunity to renew friendships with many Ethiopian athletes.

They include Tulu and Gete Wami against whom she has competed during her 17-year international career.

According to Gebrselassie, the announcement of her presence at Ethiopia's annual running festival has already sent ripples of excitement through the athletics community in the country.

The greatest distance runner in history has been instrumental in the race's success and development since its inception in 2001, and he said: "Paula is a great athlete and a wonderful person. We want to give her a great experience of the race and of the running scene in Addis Ababa."

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msg Comment from: kibrom [Visitor]
Well-come Paula
It is great to see you around.
PermalinkPermalink 11/10/09 @ 02:42

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msg Comment from: Tamrat Tamrat [Visitor]
This is what you call to do things for your mother land. Not like arogant tplfs people to scramble all the wealth of Ethiopia amongest tplf people. Ethiopians are proud in lifting their flag hei in the skay while tplf is happy just to put its dirty trade marks on the flag. For arogants tplfs members here is my message: do it for Ethiopia then you get what you want. The path you choose, blieve me, is the shortest cut to the hell. If you dont stop this every thing to tplf arrogants leadrs and the rest for tigray policy the result will be not only hunger but bullets from your arrogants blood familly from north and bullets from your familly in south who you murdered, prisoned, tortured, abused and robbed for the last 33 years.

Ethiopia do not need a new government before the following is in place:
1) tplf must give power to EPRDF while it is in power.

2) The court must be free.

3) The Ethiopians wealth is for all Ethiopians, not for one ethnic group, to be precise not only for tigray people.

4) Our constitution must be practiced not only by the mass but by all people including tigray.

5) No hidden agenda.

With out these fundamental changes what can we achieve with new government? massacar?? How many people told derg what it was doing wrong. And i believe people know when they do wrong or right.
PermalinkPermalink 11/10/09 @ 02:45

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msg Comment from: Extraterrestrial [Visitor]
What a great achivement for Haile and a great diplomacy for Derartu in all the help she gave for Paula Radcliffe during the NY marathon. November 22 should be an interesting day for Addis Ababa.
PermalinkPermalink 11/10/09 @ 09:16

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msg Comment from: addis zemen [Visitor]
This annual race is one of Haile's great achievments,which have been instrumental establishment in the country's economical & cultural developments.
THANK YOU HAILE,YOU ARE GREAT!!!!
PermalinkPermalink 11/10/09 @ 10:38

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msg Comment from: WOYANE HUNTER [Visitor]
I hope she will change her style of running after this experience in our beautiful country ETHIOPIA.:)):)):))no more running like Egyption dead mamis.
PermalinkPermalink 11/10/09 @ 15:31

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msg Comment from: kacapa [Visitor]
For 'Tamrat Tamrat'...you must see a doctor for probable diagnosis of HEBEPHRENIC SCHIZOPHRENIA. i have nothing to say about the content of your comment, but the disorganized comment in relation to time & place along with flat affect makes you a good candidate. Thus, tamrat, you need to see a doc.
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msg Comment from: kacapa [Visitor]
For 'Tamrat Tamrat'...you must see a doctor for probable diagnosis of HEBEPHRENIC SCHIZOPHRENIA. i have nothing to say about the content of your comment, but the disorganized comment in relation to time & place along with flat affect makes you a good candidate. Thus, tamrat, you need to see a doc..
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msg Comment from: Jemal1 [Visitor]

There you go...that answers the question for those who complain bout Haile’s financial contribution to his country all the time!

The great Haile might die tomorrow but he will leave behind a great legacy to his country. What else is better than "THE GREAT ETHIOPIAN RUN"!!!

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