Ethiopian running legend Haile Gebrselassie performed a U-turn on his decision to retire from athletics by stating his intention to continue competing on Monday.
Ethiopian distance runnning legend Haile Gebrselassie has given a strong hint that he may change his mind about retiring from athletics.
Former Olympic medallist Brendan Foster has told CNN he will try to persuade Haile Gebrselassie to stay in athletics after the Ethiopian distance runner announced his shock retirement.
Former runner and close friend Brendan Foster says he was surprised by Haile Gebrselassie's retirement announcement.
Ethiopian distance running legend Haile Gebrselassie has shocked the world of athletics by announcing his retirement.
I remember the first time I met Haile Gebrselassie, the 37-year-old Ethiopian distance running legend who shocked the running world Sunday when he announced his retirement after dropping out of the New York City Marathon at the 16-mile mark. I was among a throng of journalists leaving a press conference at the 2008 Beijing Olympics about Liu Xiang, the Chinese hurdler who had won the gold medal in the 110-meter hurdles in '04 and subsequently shouldered the expectations of a billion Chinese fans.
Just three weeks after the U.S. men's basketball team defeated host nation Turkey in the finals of their world championship, the U.S. women's team knocked off the hosts from the Czech Republic, 89-69, to capture the women's title in Karlovy Vary on Sunday. Angel McCoughtry led the U.S. with 18 points and Diana Taurasi added 16. The victory also gave the U.S. squad an automatic berth in the tournament at the London Olympics.
Look for an official announcement Wednesday that Haile Gebrselassie, the fastest marathoner in history, will make his U.S. marathon debut in New York on Nov. 7. He plans to run with 1,200 school kids this week to celebrate National Running Day in New York, and his official announcement should follow.
Ethiopian distance running legend Haile Gebrselassie is one of the great athletes his sport has ever seen. He won the 10,000 meters at the Olympics in 1996 and 2000. He also won seven medals, including four golds, at the world outdoor championships over the years. In September 2008, Gebrselassie ran the still-current world best in the marathon of two hours, three minutes, 59 seconds, breaking his own mark by 27 seconds. He will turn 37 in April, and though an asthma attack forced him to pull out of the New York Half Marathon last weekend, he remains committed to running the marathon at the 2012 Olympics in London.
Haile Gebrselassie claimed his fourth victory in the Berlin Marathon but failed to break the world record he set in the German capital in last year's race.
Aging athletes don't have the agility they had in their youth. Minor injuries accumulate and become major ones. And by the time they hit their mid-30s and 40s, they're considered geriatric -- that's the conventional wisdom.
Aging athletes stay competitive despite losing some of their vigor. CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports.
Olympic champion Sammy Wanjiru of Kenya improved on last year's second place to win the London Marathon in a course record and personal best time of two hours, five minutes and 10 seconds after a crazily fast start aimed at breaking Haile Gebrselassie's world record.
Sebastian Coe is one of the greatest middle-distance runners ever to step foot on to an athletics track. There are few people better qualified to comment on the talent and effort it takes to become a world beater. Here he gives CNN his views of Haile Gebrselassie.
Haile Gebrselassie talks to CNN about his childhood, his family, his country and what motivates him to keep on running.
Haile Gebrselassie's attempt on his own world record came up short after inclement weather conditions hit Friday's Dubai marathon.
Ethiopian distance running legend Haile Gebrselassie broke his own world record for the marathon for the second successive year in Berlin on Sunday.
It is hard to imagine a scenario where Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie, perhaps the greatest distance runner ever, could pass through a crowd of hundreds of track and field reporters and not be stopped for a question.
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At home in Ethiopia. The running man talks family, business and charity.
Some athletes earn the right to be considered a sporting legend. Few, in truth, are truly deserving of such an honor. But there can be no quarrel over the greatness of Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie who, in a career spanning 16 years, has redefined the art of long-distance running.
Former marathon world record-holder Paul Tergat has decided not to compete at this year's Beijing Olympics due to his concerns over a lack of fitness.
World record holder Haile Gebrselassie has again ruled out competing in the marathon at the Beijing Olympics, telling a Spanish newspaper that he would be "committing suicide" by running in unfavorable conditions.
World record holder to skip the marathon at the Beijing Olympics due to poor air quality. ITN's John Ray reports.
The withdrawal of the world's leading marathon runner from this summer's event over concerns about air quality highlights the stakes in a spat between Chinese authorities and an American researcher
Chinese Olympic officials have dismissed Ethiopian world record holder Haile Gebrselassie offer to run in the marathon in Beijing if the venue could be switched.
World marathon record holder Haile Gebreselassie of Ethiopia is unlikely to take part in the event at the Beijing Olympics.
Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele broke the two-mile world record at an international indoor meeting in Birmingham on Saturday.
Ethiopian great Haile Gebrselassie came agonizingly close to beating his own world record and collecting a $1 million bonus as he won the Dubai Marathon on Friday.
Dr Yilma Berta has known Haile Gebrselassie since he was a junior athlete. CNN spoke to Dr Berta in Ethiopia during preparations for Gebrselassie's world record attempt at the Berlin Marathon.
Tefera Ghedumu is a popular talk show host on Ethiopian TV and has known Haile Gebrselassie for a over a decade. He tells CNN his thoughts on how and why Gebrselassie has made such a positive impact in his homeland.
Haile Gebrselassie broke the world record when he won the Berlin Marathon on Sunday.
Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie finishes the Berlin marathon in a record 2 hours, 4 minutes, 26 seconds.
Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele powered to his third successive 10,000 meters world title with a pulsating victory on Monday.
More than seven years after most of the world marked the start of the 21st century, Ethiopia is putting the finishing touches to its own millennium bash.
See his distinctive stride and you could read a chapter of Haile Gebrselassie's life, the telltale peek at the world's greatest living distance runner, blowing through Central Park, then Times Square and the streets of Gotham as the Ethiopian legend ran away with the New York Half Marathon on Sunday morning.
Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia set a world best for the indoor 2,000 meters of four minutes, 49.99 seconds at the Norwich Union Grand Prix on Saturday, beating a nine-year-old mark of Haile Gebrselassie.
Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie stormed to victory in the Fukuoka Marathon on Sunday after leaving a strong field for dead over the final three kilometers.
Ethiopian great Haile Gebrselassie heads a strong field for the 60th running of the prestigious Fukuoka marathon on December 3.
Haile Gebrselassie blew away the field to win the Berlin marathon on Sunday but the Ethiopian missed out on a world record as windy conditions and a lack of assistance took their toll.
World record-holder Paul Tergat has withdrawn from Sunday's London marathon with a calf injury.
Kenyan great Paul Tergat has joined a star-studded line up for next spring's London marathon.
Ethiopian great Haile Gebrselassie and former Olympic and world champion Gezahegne Abera have pulled out of the London Marathon.
Ethiopian star Haile Gebrselassie made a winning return to top class action with victory in the Almeria half marathon in Spain on Sunday as he targets the London Marathon.
Twice Olympic 10,000 meters champion Haile Gebrselassie will compete in the London marathon on April 17 if he successfully completes a half-marathon in nine days' time.
Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele sealed his reputation as both the present and future of long-distance running when he won the Olympic men's 10,000 meters, leaving his mentor Haile Gebrselassie to finish fifth.
Olympic 10,000 meters champion Haile Gebrselassie will run his last track race at next month's Athens Games before stepping up to the marathon permanently.
Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele set a men's 5,000 meters world record of 12 minutes 37.35 seconds at Hengelo, in the Netherlands.
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