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Eritrea's Hopeful Olympic runners arrived in Beijing safe. The runners are first time Olympians Simret Sultan(Eritrea's best Female runners), Ali Abdella Afringi and Hais Wolday.
Simret Has performed well in Japan and Kenya. She also took part in all African games, and World Champinship in Athletics.
This 24 year old, Eritrea's most accomplished runner, has took part in Ten World Cross country Championships. Her best Perfromance in this event- World Cross Country Championship has been in Kenya where she finished 9th from the world.
Simret also took part in three World Championships in Athletics and her best performance was at 8th place for 5000 meters in Osaka, Japan. Her personal best for 5000 meters was registered in All African games at 15:16.
Simret has run for Eritrea in 1500m, 3000m, 5000m, 10000m and Cross Country.
Ali Abdella Afringi from Barentu is also one of the rising stars of Eritrea's runners. Ali's personal best are 7:44 for 3000m, and 13:10 for 5000m. Even though he specializes in 5000m, he also has run 10000m and has took part in five World Cross Country Championships. His best performance in World Cross Country Championships has been in Fukuoka, Japan at 8th place following to Zerisenay at 4th and Yonas at 7th thereby placing Eritrea for its first Silver medal as a country.
Hais Wolday is relatively new in representing the country. He represented Eritrea at the World Cross Country Championships in Japan in 2006 and he scored an Olympic qualifying time by running a 1500m in 3:37 at Jerez de la Frontera on June 24 of 2008.
These three runners will be training in high altitude in Beijing and will represent Eritrea at the Opening ceremony of the Olympics.
Zerisenay Tadesse, Teklemariam Medhin and Kidane Tadesse will finish their training in the high altitude of Eritrea and head to China in about a week. The rest of the athletes will folllow few days after them.
We would like to congratulate the athletic leaders of our nation, the coaches, the Olympians, and the people of Eritrea.
EAAA members of DC champter INVITES all Eirtreans of the DC metro area to watch the Olympic events of Eritrean runners in Bet -Tsihfet. Schedule of the event that Eritrean runners to take part will be posted in our website.www.eaaarunners.org
EAAA has also set up email account, eaaacomments@gmail.com, for our people to give their ideas to improve Eritrean Athletics. Please make your ideas count to advance Eritrea in Athletics.
Long live Eritrean Athletics
A look back at history: What Eritrean Journalist Essayas wrote about the best ERITREAN VICTORY Where Ali Abdella Afringi has contributed.
Senior Men Long Race (12km) World Cross Country Championsips
Eritrea ranked SECOND – Silver Medal
4 - Zerisenay Tadesse Habteselassie (35.47)
7 - Yonas Kifle Andebrhan (36:05)
8 - Ali Abdalla Afringi (36:18)
9 - Tesfayohannes Mesfin Fissehatsion (36:18)
19 - Samson Kiflemariam Gashazghi (36:41)
Eritrea got its second and best ever ranking in this World Cross Country Championships today, Sunday April 2, 2006 by standing second in 12km. This was so through the hard work of the aforementioned five athletes. Zerisenay, Yonas, Ali and Tesfayohannes stood within the top 10 to secure this unique of its kind and great success. Through the past few years Eritrea was honored to line up together with the best world long distance countries such as Ethiopia and Kenya. But this time, beaten only by the first placed Kenyan athletes, our athletes overtook Ethiopians that stood third following Eritrea for the first time in history. Zerisenay Tadesse and Yonas Kifle were the backbone of the team. But it was Ali Abdela and Tesfayohannes Mesfin who stole the show by lining up within the first ten winners to mark this marvelous victory. Hefty applause goes to Ali Abdela who participated in such World Cross Country Championships for the first time in his career to follow Yonas Kifle to an eighth place. Incredible!
"To accomplish great things, we must not only dream, but act." Bill Blackman
"Don't waste today regretting yesterday, instead of making memories for tomorrow." s.o
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