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Haile Gebrselassie

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Athletes have to be confident and I am thinking like that.


— Haile Gebrselassie


#athletes #confident #i #i am #like

Athletics is in my blood.


— Haile Gebrselassie


#blood

I always tell young athletes the same thing, 'Wherever you go, whatever you do, what must your top priority be? Running.'


— Haile Gebrselassie


#athletes #go #i #i always #must

I can't change everything by myself but I can be one of the people who are trying to change the situation.


— Haile Gebrselassie


#everything #i #i can #myself #people

I feel a social responsibility. We need to open people's eyes. There is a lack of education in Ethiopia.


— Haile Gebrselassie


#ethiopia #eyes #feel #i #i feel

I find the business world hard.


— Haile Gebrselassie


#business world #find #hard #i #world

I have seen things few of my countrymen have. The first time I went on an aeroplane I couldn't work out how the lavatories worked up in the sky.


— Haile Gebrselassie


#few #first #first time #how #i

I love running and I will always run.


— Haile Gebrselassie


#i #i love #love #run #running

I remember in particular my first victory when I achieved a very fast time in what were perfect conditions but since then the wind has always been a factor against me.


— Haile Gebrselassie


#against #always #been #conditions #factor

I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best.


— Haile Gebrselassie


#come #first #i #i think #new






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Did you know about Haile Gebrselassie?

His problems continued at the NYC Half Marathon where he pulled up mid-race visibly uncomfortable in his running. With four laps to go (8:40. On 26 September he suffered a double setback when he dropped out of the Berlin Marathon (again suffering from respiratory difficulties of exercise-induced asthma) and saw his world records for 30 kilometers and the marathon broken by the man with whom he had been duelling Patrick Makau.

He won two Olympic gold medals over 10000 metres and four World Championship titles in the event. He broke 61 Ethiopian National Records ranging from 800 meters to the marathon set 27 world records and is widely considered one of the greatest distance runners in history.

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