The 2024 Olympics concluded on Sunday with a dazzling closing ceremony in Paris, marking the end of an event filled with thrill and excitement. The Ethiopian delegation returned home with four medals: a gold and three silver. Despite high expectations…
Under the dazzling lights and on the grandest stage, Diribe Wetleji delivered a strong performance in the women’s 1500m final. But it was still not enough for a medal. Diribe, who set a world record of 4:20.98 to win the…
The Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan claimed her third medal of the Paris Olympics by winning gold in the women’s marathon with an Olympic record time of 2:22:55. Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa took silver, finishing three seconds behind, while Kenya’s Hellen Obiri secured…
Tamirat Tola, who won the men’s marathon at the Paris Olympics with a record time of 2 hours and 6 minutes, was initially a reserve. He was called up to the Ethiopian team only after Boston Marathon winner Sisay Lemma…
Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola surged ahead to win the men’s Olympic marathon in a record time of 2:06:26, securing Ethiopia’s first gold of these Games and continuing a proud national tradition. In the Paris 2024 Olympics marathon, widely regarded as the…
Olympic 5,000m champion, Kenyan Beatrice Chebet, made history as she competed for a remarkable double in the 10,000m women’s final at the Paris 2024 Games on Friday night at the Stade de France. Italy’s Nadia Battocletti took the silver in…
Ethiopia’s Diribe Welteji secured first place with the fastest time of the semi-finals (3:55.10) in a race that was much quicker than the first heat, won by another favorite, Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon (3:58.64). Another top contender, Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay, finished…
Ethiopian steeplechase world record holder Lamecha Girma is recovering from a heavy fall at the Paris Olympics and is “in good shape”, the International Olympic Committee said on Thursday. Girma was left prone on the track after falling at a hurdle…
The Ethiopian runner Lamecha Girma, who was stretchered off the track during the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase final, has been described as “in good form” after a visit from members of the Ethiopian Olympic Committee. At the moment of the final…
Ethiopian world record holder Lamecha Girma exited the track on a stretcher after a hard fall at the penultimate barrier, just over 200m from the finish, in Wednesday’s 3000m men’s steeplechase. Girma, who was looking for Ethiopia’s first Olympic gold…