Gelete Burka's prospects in the Samsung Diamond League
Of Ethiopian origin, Gelete Burka is a twenty four year old middle distance runner whose impeccable performances are a complete testimony of her skill as well as her love for the sport of athletics. The first instant where Gelete Burka displayed her amazingly superb athletic skills was in 2003 under the flagship of IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where she bagged a shiny bronze medal in the scope of the junior race event.
From then on it was a roller coaster ride for Burka as she was crowned champion in 2005 at the prominent World XC Championships. This was followed by another bronze medal at the World Athletics Championships final in the arena of three thousand meter racing. She finally bid farewell to the magnanimous season with another win at the Spanish Cross Internacional de Venta de Baños.
The year after proved to be even more fruitful as Gelete Burka was honoured with a gold medal at the Cross Country Championships in the event of short race, and another gold medal in the team event.
Hence, it is undeniable that this young female athlete emanates a spirit and sense of optimism in the field of athletics that is hard to discover. Not only has she been consistently providing her country with occasions to celebrate, she has also earned a name and reputation for herself that is truly very well deserved. She also has to her name a new one mile African record of a completion time of four hours and eighteen minutes, a feat that is another epitome of the class of Gelete Burka.
With the Samsung Diamond League in full swing, Gelete Burka has been granted another opportunity to live up to the expectations many associate with her. Also more importantly to erase the poignant memories of the World Championships at Berlin last year, where owing to a tragic and extremely unfortunate fall, Burka had to let go of her dreams and aspirations of being crowned champion at the event.
It is simply fascinating, as well as truly worth appreciating to discover that instead of treating this recent event as a set back and allowing it to grip her in grief and negatively affect her career opportunities ahead, Gelete Burka has made it evident that the event has served her a pivotal lesson.
She believes that instead of shattering her morale and confidence, this incident has made her more than over determined to perform outstandingly at Daegu next year, as well as at the London Olympics to be held in 2012. With the nearest opportunity at which she can regain her athletic class being the fifteen hundred meter leg of the Samsung Diamond League, Gelete Burka has made it entirely clear that she is all geared up and has staged a stunning recovery from her hamstring injury that staged a hindrance to performing at Doha.
While it has to be agreed that Gelete Burka’s otherwise amazingly consistent career took a sharp and unfortunate turn owing to the incident at Berlin, her recent statements as well as her recent performances, particularly the one in Lausanne have highlighted the fact that this athlete is one who cannot be brought down easily. On the contrary, she is all set to move past her previous records and surpass the targets already achieved, and together with her temperament and the staged comeback, it is hard to believe otherwise.
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