Word: ehtiopian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...YEAR NOW, EHTIOPIAN DISTANCE RUNNER HAILE Gebrselassie has looked little short of superhuman. Last summer on the track he was undefeated in races at four distances and set world records in three. His 5,000-m record of 12:44.39 bettered the previous mark by the biggest margin (10.91 sec) in 63 years and is widely regarded as the greatest track performance in history. This winter he competed indoors for the first time and set two world records, again by stupendous margins. He talked of running the 5,000 and the 10,000 in Atlanta and looked a prohibitive favorite...
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