Any reflection on the current Ethiopian Olympic team in Beijing?

Question

I feel that they are not performing as well as expected... but thumbs up and hats offffff for the veteran hero Haile Gebreselassie... some journalists asked the new hero Kenenissa Bekele if he thinks he's a greater achiever than Gebresselassie.... guess what Bekele replied... "I don't know!". Do ya think that's a considerate answer?! Good luck to our golden athletes in Beijing anyway!!!!

Answer 1

Ethiopia is one of the best if not the best country for long distance running. Kenenisa Bekele is a wonderful runner and has great endurance but is not even close to being as good as Haile Gebreselassie. Sileshi Sihine was great too winning the silver after Bekele's gold in the men's 10,000 meters in the track & field segment, and Tirunesh Dibaba was amazing winning the gold for the women's 10,000 meters in track & field. I'm rooting for Ethiopia no matter what. They are doing great and I hope they take home more gold and medals and I can't wait to watch the men's marathon.  

Answer 2

yeah i know what you mean. I think it's because the most recognizable ethiopian runner, haile gebreselassie, did not do well in the 10k and also withdrew from the marathon. An olympics without haile gebreselassie dominating feels incomplete. kenenisa bekele is less recognizable than haile so he's not as electrifying as haile.

Answer 3

because the air in china is not good.that is really known in ethiopia which is why not alot ran.

Answer 4

They're probably hungry

Answer 5

I wouldn't say they were under achieving. All of the athletes have so far done what was expected of them. The ones that didn't get the medals were juniors or inexperienced athletes. A disappointment was the Women's marathon, but c'est la vie.

Kenenissa is a humble guy and there is a camaraderie between him and Haile.  

Now, I can't even wait to see today's and tomorrow's 5K races. I wish all our athletes ALL THE BEST. And I'm proud of each and every one of them! GO TEAM ETHIOPIA !!!

One Love !!!

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Answer 6

To the person who said Kenenisa Bekele is nowhere as good as Gebreselassie- what is left to prove? Owns the WR in both 5K and 10K.  Won the double (has 3 Golds to Haile's 2).  Perfectly reasonable answer- what can he say "I'm better than my mentor" which would be impolite or "I'm not as good as Haile" which would be untrue.

All congrats to him for joining the ageless Miruts Yifter as the other Ethiopian to make the 5k-10K double.

And to the person who made that remark about "hunger"- it's hunger for gold you idiot.  

Answer 7

Black holes make me hot:

Aren't you always hungry? you f****s!

My Answer:

Bekele said "I don't know?"! ! ! wow, that is not a considerate answer what so ever! No one is better then Haile, and on top of that Bekele looked up to Haile and was motivated by him to continue becoming a track star.  

Answer 8

Generally they do well in running sports