Tadias Magazine

Above: From L: Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele, Great Britain’s
Mohammed Farah and Kenya’s Joseph Ebuya

AFP
By Luke Phillips

BERLIN — Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele remained on course for an unprecedented distance double at the World Athletics Championships after moving seamlessly into the men’s 5000m final. The Ethiopian used his trademark last-lap kick to win his semi-final in 13min 19.77sec, far off his own world record of 12:37.35. Read more.

Kenenisa Bekele Goes for Double Gold

Above: Ethiopian double Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele,
pictured here after his victory in men’s 10,000m final at
the IAAF World Championships in Berlin on Monday,
announced that he will compete in the 5,000-mete race -
which starts today with the final scheduled for Sunday -
Reuters reports. (Photo: Getty Images)

Analysis – Distance Champion Bekele Can Match Bolt’s Success (NYT)

Related:
VIDEO: Kenenisa Bekele wins 10000 meters in Berlin (EthioTube.net)
Related:
Kenya Breaks Ethiopia’s Decade-long Dominance at
The World Championships

Above: Kenya’s Linet Chepkwemoi Masai, left, races to the
line to beat Ethiopia’s Meselech Melkamu, center, and Meseret
Defar to win the gold medal in the final of the Women’s 10,000
meter during the World Athletics Championships in Berlin on
Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009. (AP)

USA Today
BERLIN (AP) — Linet Masai of Kenya won the 10,000 meters
Saturday at the world championships, breaking a decade-
long hold of Ethiopia. Read more.

Related:
Tola, Radcliffe dominate the field at the New York City
Half Marathon (Video)

Above: Tola (left) bolted to an early lead and Paula Radcliffe
left her rivals behind in the eighth mile as she powered down
Seventh Avenue. (Photo: New York Road Runners.)

Examiner.com
By Tanya Menoni
August 16

Tadese Tola of Ethiopia and Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain cruised to victory in the men’s and women’s races at the NYC Half Marathon this morning. Both Tola and Radcliffe ran the late stages of the race by themselves, with their competitors nowhere in sight. By the end of the New York City Half Marathon, Tola had built up a lead of over one minute from the second place finisher. Radcliffe passed a number of elite men as she barreled her way to the finish. Read more.

Video: New York City Half Marathon (WABC-TV)