He beat the Olympic record, and kept the title he had earned four years previously. Thanks to his acceleration, he created a good lead, and nobody could catch him. At the start of the last lap, he accelerated and continued his effort in the penultimate straight. The race turned out to be a tactical one, and Bekele had to control his numerous Kenyan and Ethiopian rivals. On 17 August 2008, the Olympic stadium was ready to follow the 10,000m runners. When the Beijing Olympic Games opened, Kenenisa was the clear favourite in the long-distance events. Defending his title and setting a new Olympic record It was the second of his three world titles over this distance. The champion managed to overcome his suffering, winning the cross-country and 10,000m world titles a few months later. In 2005, Kenenisa suffered the pain of losing his fiancée, a long-distance runner like himself, during a training session.
He even achieved the long- and short-distance double between 20. Long- and short-distance double between 20Īfter the Athens Games, the Ethiopian prodigy continued to extend his reign over the international long-distance scene, winning the cross-country world championships every year except 2007. Bekele took the lead from Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya on the final lap, but with 60m to go, El Guerrouj caught him and won by two-tenths of a second, while Bekele won the silver medal. Eight days later, he faced 1,500m champion Hicham El Guerrouj in the final of the 5,000m. Eventually Bekele and Sihine pulled away from the other runners, while Bekele finally drove to victory by running the last lap in 53 seconds, setting an Olympic record in the process. When Gebrselassie began to fade, Bekele slowed down to allow him to catch up. The Ethiopians took charge halfway through the race. Triumph over his idolĪt the Games in Athens, he entered the 10,000m along with his idol, Gebrselassie, and a third Ethiopian, Sileshi Sihine. In the run-up to the Olympic Games in Athens, during a 10-day period, Bekele broke Gebrselassie's world records in both the 10,000m and the 5,000m. At the 2003 World Championships of Athletics, Bekele won the 10,000m and finished third in the 5,000m. Bekele retained both titles in 2003 and again in 2004. After setting a world junior record for the 3,000m in 2001, Bekele achieved his first senior success at the 2002 World Cross Country Championships in Dublin, where he became the first man to win the long and short races at the same championships.
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