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Kenenisa Bekele (ቀነኒሳ በቀለ) (born June 13 , 1982 in Bekoji / Arsi Province Ethiopia ) is an Ethiopian Distance Runner who took the gold medal in the 10,000 m at the 2003 World Championships In Athletics and the bronze at the 5,000 m. As Of 2006 , he has taken both (short and long) races at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships five years in a row, a feat no other runner has accomplished even once. In 2004 , he broke the world records for the indoor 5,000 M , outdoor 5,000 M and outdoor 10,000 M . Bekele has faced his mentor at the 2004 Summer Olympics Kenenisa took the title away from his compatriot Haile Gebrselassie, who achieved a fifth place. Bekele closed the last 400 in 53.02 seconds, outkicking his teammate Sileshi Sihine . Bekele also took a close Silver Medal in the 5,000 M in the same Olympics , being kicked down in the last 50 meters by the miler Hicham El Guerrouj . Bekele is renowned for this ability to accelerate very quickly at the end of a long distance race; in on July 1 , 2003 , Bekele recorded a 200 M segment during the last lap in 24 seconds and a 100 M section in 11.xx seconds to run a 52.63 final lap. Bekele won the halves of 13:09 and 13:08. CURRENT WORLD RECORDS (AS OF AUGUST 2005)
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