Friday, October 13, 2006

New bloods to sustain victories

Nothing stays forever; everything changes and even ruins when time passes. Since the time of Abebe Bikila, we have seen a number of heroic Ethiopian athletes who registered shining victories in various athletics competition and hanged their flags above all their rivals.

To keep all this golden athletics history long lasting, there should be young athletes who can replace the older ones an board; otherwise everything freezes,when the veteran athletes retire.

Ali Abdosh is one of the young athletes believed to be a famous one, registering notable results in various national as well as international races. Born in Harari state, Ali began to shine in Ethiopian athletics since he won the second-tier regional competition at 5,000m in 14:14:13 representing Harari state in May 2004.

A year later, in May 2005 national track championship, he stood at 5th in the first-tier club competition representing the defense club. That November Ali traveled to Chiba and Japan as member of the Ethiopian team and won a 5,000m track race with 13:56:92.

He also took part in the Ethiopian marathon relay championship in Adama in January 2006 where his club defense ranked second .Above all, his victory over his compatriots, repeatd global medallists like Sileshi, Abebe, and Gebre-Gziabhere at Ethiopia’s world cross trials, makes him a promising athlete in international championships.

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