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"Because of peace, we are allowed to participate over forty thousand people. I am so proud of that. Please, let give a big thing for peace. This is the benefit of peace. I am so glad to organise such a race here in Addis Ababa. I want to do this kind of thing in Mekelle... '' Haile Gebrselassie
Gashaw, 22, won the 10-kilometer race with 28:19, his second victory after his 2016 win. For a large part of the race, he ran behind training partner and friend, Tadesse Worku but overtook in the final stretch. Gashaw, a member of the Amhara Prisons Club, said he had prepared in a focused way for this race, choosing to stay in his home town of Debre Birhan (altitude 2,840m) and only coming to Addis Ababa in time for the athletes’ COVID-19 pre-race testing on Friday morning. Gebrselama won the women's race in 32:32. Her victory comes after she narrowly missed out on first place two years ago...