Haile Gebrselassie (Aselle, Ethiopia April 18, 1973) won two gold medals in the 10,000-meter dash at the Olympics in Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000. Since leaving the track after the 2004 Olympics, Gebrselassie has focused on road races and marathons. In London, April 22, 2007 Gebrselassie challenged the 2006 London Marathon winner Felix Limo, the 2005 London Marathon winner Martin Lel, Olympic champion Stefano Baldini in office, the winner of the New York Marathon 2006 Marilson Gomes dos Santos and the 'then-record holder Paul Tergat's marathon in what was an exciting race, according to organizers. Gebrselassie, however, surrendered at mile 18, blaming difficulty in breathing which turned out to be caused by an allergy to pollen in the air. This enabled the winner of 2005, Martin Lel, returning home with another victory after a final crackling. A month later, Gebrselassie made a surprising return to the track when he ran the 10,000 but Hengelo (Netherlands) in 26'52 "81 finishing 5 th. The time set by Gebrselassie was remarkable, despite being the eighth time he has fallen below the 27 minutes (more than any other in history): in fact this time is the only man over 30 years to be dropped below 27 minutes in the 10,000 m. Also what is more surprising is able to run at this rate for a period of 12 years (1995-2007). On June 27, 2007, he launched the attack on the hour record in Ostrava in the Czech Republic he managed to set this record, covering 21,285 meters and 21,101 meters of surpassing the previous, Arturo Barrios. addition Gebrselassie ran 50 laps (20,000 m) in 56'25 "7, which earned him another world record, beating the previous record, also held by Barrios. These two were the 23 th and 24 th in career record of Gebrselassie. Gebrselassie made his debut in New York when he won the Half-Marathon in New York August 5, 2007 beating the previous race record of 2 minutes. In addition there is a curious detail with regard to the half-marathon has won all 8 races this discipline he has participated. On September 30, 2007 Gebrselassie won the Berlin Marathon in 2h04'26, improving the world record of 29 seconds compared to the previous Paul Tergat. At the end of the race the same Gebrselassie apologized on the phone with his friend and rival for having exceeded his record. On 28 September 2008 sets her another world record, again during the Berlin Marathon with a time of 2h03'59, improving to less than 27 seconds the previous record held by himself. That record lasted until September 25, 2011, when the athlete Patrick Makau of Kenya Musyoki has improved 21 seconds, bringing it to 2h03'38. On November 7, 2010 has announced his retirement from athletics [1] after leaving the New York Marathon on 26th km. [2] A few weeks after Gebrselassie change your mind, banishing the idea of withdrawal and setting as its objective the conquest of a New Olympic gold in London in 2012
















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