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Bekele and Dibaba ready to complete doubles in Fukuoka
2006-04-01
Kenenisa Bekele at last year's World Cross Country Championships.
© Victah Sailer
Both Kenenisa Bekele and
Tirunesh Dibaba remain on target for further IAAF World Cross Country double
performances after winning their races on the first day's schedule in
The 23-year-old Ethiopian
bided his time until unleashing a searing finish which carried him clear of
Kenya's Isaac Songok for a one second victory, with Morocco's Adil Kaouch, last
summer's World 1500m silver medallist third in 10:57. "We have never
before finished so close together," admitted
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