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Haile Gebrselassie

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In 2000, the great Ethiopian distance runner, Haile Gebrselassie, won the Olympic 10,000 metres by a single second - beating his closest rival in the process. Gebrselassie, who announced his retirement in May 2015, describes the race to Fred Dove. The programme is a Whistledown Production and was first broacast in 2012.

PHOTO: Haile Gebrselassie celebrates (Getty Images).


Published on Saturday, 16th May 2015.

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