'Bolt deserved China limelight'.KENENISA Bekele Kenenisa Bekele (born June 13, 1982, Ethiopia) is an Ethiopian distance runner, one of the most successful distance runners of all time and considered by some as a modern-day great. was philosophical about the lack of publicity given to his own brilliant Olympic double compared to the exploits of Usain Bolt Usain Bolt (born 21 August1986) is a Jamaican sprinter and current world junior and Jamaican record holder over 200 m. Early life Bolt was born Trelawny, Jamaica) and educated at William Knibb High School. . Bekele 5,000 metres and 10,000m victories in the Bird Nest's stadium in Beijing, both in Olympic record Olympic Records are the best performances in a specific event in that event's history in either the Summer Olympic Games or the Winter Olympic Games. As the Olympics occur only once every four years, many of these records do not correspond with world records, though they are times, saw him become the first athlete to achieve the feat since fellow Ethiopian Miruts Yifter 28 years ago in Moscow. But Bekele insisted Bolt fully deserved all of the accolades that made him the Games' track and field golden boy. Talking about Bolt's 100mand 200msuccesses, both in world record times, Bekele said: "Ours were different races and we can't be compared. "(But) he's very strong and he really ran special races in Beijing. To break two world records that is very special." |
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