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Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele claims the Olympic men’s 10,000 metres gold in the Athens Olympic Games. His mentor Haile Gebrselass
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- 10 Aug 2012
South African History Online. (2012, August 10). Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele claims the Olympic men’s 10,000 metres gold in the Athens Olympic Games. His mentor Haile Gebrselass. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090037
South African History Online (2012) 'Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele claims the Olympic men’s 10,000 metres gold in the Athens Olympic Games. His mentor Haile Gebrselass', South African History Online, 10 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090037 (Accessed: 5 November 2026).
South African History Online, Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele claims the Olympic men’s 10,000 metres gold in the Athens Olympic Games. His mentor Haile Gebrselass [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090037, (accessed 5 November 2026).
"Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele claims the Olympic men’s 10,000 metres gold in the Athens Olympic Games. His mentor Haile Gebrselass." South African History Online, 10 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090037. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.
South African History Online. "Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele claims the Olympic men’s 10,000 metres gold in the Athens Olympic Games. His mentor Haile Gebrselass." South African History Online. August 10, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090037.
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