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Eritrean Athletes win Race After Taking Wrong Route


Keith McLeod of the Dailyrecord reports about three Eritrean runners scooping to the top prizes in a road race - despite running a kilometre more than all the other competitors.

A stewarding error meant that runners Tsegezeah Woldemichael, Tewoldcebrhan Mengisteab and Tsegai Tewelde continued straight on instead of taking a turn in Carluke, Lanarkshire.

But, incredibly, all three athletes recovered after being redirected on to the correct route. And they finished a full two minutes ahead of the fourth-placed runner. Read the full story

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Newcomer Abraham Tadesse wins Zurich Marathon


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Abraham Tadesse the new comer from Eritrea made his first Marathon and finished the first place at the Zurich competition. The 27 year old Eritrean runs for the team LC Ulster. The second place went to Oleg Kulkow from Russia and Tesfaye Eticha from Ethiopia achieved the third rank. Read more:

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Tadese Third Place at Cross Country Competition


Amman, Jordan: Eritrea’s Zersenay Tadese makes third place at the IAAF World Cross Country Championship in Amman. The last time Tadese won the championship was in 2007. read more:

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