Ethiopian 10,000 Olympic Team Will Be Decided Today at 2 pm ET – Watch it Live
by LetsRun.com
June 29, 2016
A rare top notch European 10,000 will be run tonight in Hengelo. The race is being billed as the Ethiopian Trials. The Ethiopians normally select the 3 fastest people to the Olympics. The top times so far from Ethiopians in 2016 is as follows
Men:
- 26:57.33 Tamirat Tola ETH 11 Aug 91 3 Pre Eugene OR 27 May
- 26:58.75 Ibrahim Jeilan ETH 12 Jun 89 168/57 5 Pre Eugene OR 27 May
- 27:09.78 Guye Adola ETH 20 Oct 90 175/54 8 Pre Eugene OR 27 May
- 27:19.71 Leul Gebrselassie ETH 20 Sep 93 170/55 1 Adidas Herzogenaurach 13 May
- 27:24.85 Nuguse Hirsuato ETH 13 Feb 82 2 HyogoR Kobe 24 Apr
Women:
- 30:56.26 Netsanet Gudeta ETH 12 Feb 91 162/45 1 Adidas Herzogenaurach 13 May
- 30:58.26 Genet Ayalew ETH 31 Dec 92 156/42 2 Adidas Herzogenaurach 13 May
- 31:04.59 Belaynesh Oljira ETH 26 Jun 90 165/49 1 Dubai 23 Apr
- 31:33.22 Goytatom Gebreselassie ETH 15 Jan 95 152/42 3 Dubai 23 Apr
- 31:38.61 Buze Diriba ETH 9 Feb 94 160/43 6 Jordan Stanford CA 1 May
The women’s race is at 2 pm ET (20:00 CET) and men’s race at 2:45 pm ET (20:45 CET).
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We’ve been told you’ll be able to watch it live at http://athleticsonline.info/
The women’s entries are as follows.
Women’s Entries
Bib Name Time
41 Almaz Ayana 32:19,00
42 Tirunesh Dibaba 29:54,66
43 Gelete Burka 30:49,68
44 Alemitu Heroye 30:50,83
45 Sule Uture 30:55,50
46 Belaynesh Oljira 30:26,70
47 Senbere Teferi —
48 Gotytom Gebreslase 31:33,22
49 Meselech Melkamu 29:53,80
50 Genet Yalew 30:58,26
51 Tadelech Bekele 30:38,00
52 Ababel Yeshaneh 30:35,91
53 Enatnesh Alamrew PACE —
54 Netsanet Gudeta 30:56,26
55 Elizeba Cherono 32:34,09
56 Nazret Weldu 33:23,93
57 Zita Kacser PACE —
The men’s entries are as follows.
Men’s Entries
Bib Name PR
1 Kenenisa Bekele 26:17,53
2 Tamirat Tola 26:57,33
3 Leul Gebresilase 27:19,71
4 Adugna Takele 27:19,34
5 Yigrem Demelash 26:57,56
6 Ibrahim Jeilan 26:58,75
7 Tebalu Zawdue 27:20,54
8 Guye Adola 27:09,78
9 Abayneh Ayele 27:57,51
10 Imane Merga 26:48,35
11 Abadi Embaye —
12 Bonsa Dida 29:49,80
13 Birhanu Legese 27:34,00
14 Azmeraw Mengistu 27:33,82
15 Yitwale Kinde 30:27,00
16 Yenew Alamirew 28:34,00
17 Mule Wasihun 28:23,87
18 Belay Tilahun 27:53,16
19 Mohammed Ziani 27:28,00
20 Juan Antonio Pérez 28:25,66
21 Fentahun Hunegnaw PACE —
Talk about the race on our world famous fan forum / messageboard. MB: Official Ethiopian 10,000 Live Discussion Thread – Race is at 2 pm ET.