Bekele Joins Jackpot Greats
All Africa (Free subscription) | 14/09/2009
IT IS SAID, JAMAICAN sprinter Usain Bolt is a man for the moment while Ethiopian long distance runner Kenenisa Bekele is a man for all seasons.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 14/09/2009
IT IS SAID, JAMAICAN sprinter Usain Bolt is a man for the moment while Ethiopian long distance runner Kenenisa Bekele is a man for all seasons.
Ethiopian Review (Free subscription) | 13/09/2009
By Tanya Menoni | Examiner According to Addis Fortune magazine, Ethiopia’s track star Kenenisa Bekele has specific plans on how he will spend his share of the jackpot earned in the IAAF Golden League events. Bekele won all six of his events in the Golden League series, which earned him a $333,333 check. The jackpot is [...]
Sports Jamaica (Free subscription) | 07/09/2009
Even though Yelena Isinbayeva, Sanya Richards and Kenenisa Bekele earned a split of the $1 million Golden League jackpot yesterday, Usain Bolt claimed all the attention again with the fourth fastest 200 metres in history.
Cool Running: Top News (Free subscription) | 07/09/2009
Related: Bekele, Isinbayeva and Richards’ road to the Jackpot
Examiner (Free subscription) | 04/09/2009
American 400-meter runner Sanya Richards, Pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva and 5,000 champion Kenenisa Bekele each secured a third of the $1 million Golden League jackpot by winning all six of their European meets.
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 04/09/2009
American 400-meter runner Sanya Richards, Pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva and 5,000 champion Kenenisa Bekele each secured a third of the $1 million Golden League jackpot by winning all six of their European meets.
Chicago news (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
On the last day of the Golden League season, American Sanya Richards, Yelena Isinbayeva and Kenenisa Bekele will compete for the $1 million jackpot at the Van Damme Memorial. The prize goes to those who win all six of the premier European meets. If more than one contender remains perfect by Friday night, the pot will be divided.
CBS 4 - South Florida's Source for (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
On the last day of the Golden League season, American Sanya Richards, Yelena Isinbayeva and Kenenisa Bekele will compete for the $1 million jackpot at the Van Damme Memorial. The prize goes to those who win all six of the premier European meets. If more than one contender remains perfect by Friday night, the pot will be divided.
Examiner (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
On the last day of the Golden League season, American Sanya Richards, Yelena Isinbayeva and Kenenisa Bekele will compete for the $1 million jackpot at the Van Damme Memorial.
Examiner (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
On the last day of the Golden League season, the Van Damme Memorial will see Yelena Isinbayeva, Kenenisa Bekele and Sanya Richards compete for the $1 million jackpot.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
On the last day of the Golden League season, the Van Damme Memorial will see Yelena Isinbayeva, Kenenisa Bekele and Sanya Richards compete for the $1 million jackpot.
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
On the last day of the Golden League season, the Van Damme Memorial will see Yelena Isinbayeva, Kenenisa Bekele and Sanya Richards compete for the $1 million jackpot.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
BRUSSELS -- On the last day of the Golden League season, the Van Damme Memorial will see Yelena Isinbayeva, Kenenisa Bekele and Sanya Richards compete for the $1 million jackpot.
L'Ombre de l'Olivier (Free subscription) | 25/08/2009
One thing that fascinates me now that I'm doing quite a lot of running is the difference between male and female performance. The difference is reasonably consistent across all distances as this table of world recods by distance shows (taken from the IAAF ). Discipline Perf Athlete Perf Athlete Difference% (F/M-1) 100 Metres 9.58 Usain Bolt 10.49 Florence Griffith-Joyner 9.50% 200 Metres 19.19 Usain...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 24/08/2009
ATHLETICS: IF THE true definition of sporting greatness is brilliantly and repeatedly beating your rivals then in normal circumstances Kenenisa Bekele would have been the headline act at these World Championships.