| Ethiopia collects three gold medals at Qatar IAAF championships |
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| Sunday, 14 March 2010 15:55 | |||
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Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Ethiopian athletes collected three gold medals, ranking Ethiopia second after the United States at the on-going International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) championship in Doha, Qatar.
The Ethiopian victory, being regarded also as an African victory, makes the Ethiopians, who have been following the championship on Ethiopian Television (ETV), quite happy.
The IAAF World Indoor Championships, which started last Friday, will end on Sunday.
The Ethiopians won two gold medals on Saturday in the 3,000 and 1,500 metres in the men championship while they won gold on Sunday in the 1,500 metres women.
Accordingly, the Ethiopia, in addition to the three gold also collected two bronze.
Meseret Defar won gold in the 3,000 metre race ; Derese Mekonnen won gold in the 1,500 metre race, while Kikidan Gezahegn won gold in the 1,500 metre race.
Defar wins gold for the fourth consecutive year in the IAAF 3,000 metre race, which is being regarded as a great personal victory for her in her athletics career.
The two bronze were won by Sintayehu Ejigu in the 3,000 metres and Gelete Burka in 1,500 metres. APA-
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