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	Elvan Abeylegesse
		Elvan Abeylegesse (also formerly: '''Hewan Abeye''' (Amharic) and '''Elvan Can''' (Turkish)) (born September 11, 1982) is an Ethiopian-born Turkish woman middle and long distance track and field athlete, running in the disciplines 1500 m, 3000 m and 5000 m, but also 10000 m, 2 miles and cross country, ranking world 7th.
		Elvanâs career in the international arena began at the age of 18 in Grosseto, Italy in 2001 by winning the European 3000 m and 5000 m titles, setting a national record for Turkey, a country not well known in long distance running.
		Elvan Abeylegesse now is the first woman to have run faster than the Fin.
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Elvan_Abeylegesse (1292 words)

	Uta Pippig \| Take the Magic Step
		Elvan Abeylegesse broke the former world record by the Chinese Jian Bo (14:28,09 minutes in 1997) by nearly 3.5 seconds.
		Breaking the 5,000 metre world record Elvan Abeylegesse has achieved a historic performance in running, because she is now faster than a running legend.
		Elvan Abeylegesse would then have to run at all six meetings of the series.
	www.uta-pippig.com /site/85-0-news.html?nid=39 (551 words)

	Elvan Abeylegesse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Elvan Abeylegesse receiving an award from the Turkish Prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
		Elvan Abeylegesse now is the first woman to have run faster than the Finn.
		Abeylegesse has been a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program since August 2002.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elvan_Abeylegesse (1339 words)

	IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - World Athletics Final 2003 - News
		Elvan Abeylegesse finished ninth in the 1999 World Junior Cross Country Championships running in the green and white vest of her native Ethiopia.
		Following her switch of nationality, Abeylegesse won three European junior titles in 2001: at 3000m and 5,000m on the track and at cross country.
		For her part, Abeylegesse had no gripes - other than regret about the tactics she adopted in the 5000m final in the Stade de France a fortnight ago.
	www.iaaf.org /WAF03/news/Kind=2/newsId=23197.html (672 words)

	sport.iafrica.com \| today Abeylegesse smashes world record
		Turkey's Elvan Abeylegesse sliced more than three seconds off the world record for the women's 5 000 metres at the first Golden League meeting of the season in Norway on Friday.
		Abeylegesse, who has lived in Istanbul since 1999, finished fifth over the distance at last year's world championships in Paris, but has made a dramatic improvement this year.
		The slight athlete, who weighs just 41 kilograms for her 1.59 metres, pushed world title-holder Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia into second in 14:30.88 in a race that upheld the tradition of middle and long distance world records set at the Bislett Games, which were taking place in Bergen while the stadium in Oslo is rebuilt.
	sport.iafrica.com /news/328693.htm (569 words)

	The Hindu : Sport / World View : Abeylegesse sets new 5,000m world record
		BERGEN: Turkey's Elvan Abeylegesse broke the women's world 5,000m record by more than three seconds in 14 minutes, 24.68 seconds at the Bislett Games on Friday.
		Abeylegesse broke away from a group of six and quickly built up a 30-metre lead as she ran the last five laps alone on a chilly evening at Fana Stadium.
		Abeylegesse, 21, was born in Ethiopia but became a Turkish citizen in 1999.
	www.hindu.com /2004/06/13/stories/2004061301191900.htm (265 words)

	Bergen - Evergood Bislett Games - 11th June 2004 - Golden League Track section Time-to-Run - IAAF Golden League ...
		In 2004, the record did not survive after Elvan Abeylegesse accelerated to the front with successive 66 and 67 second laps, to split the field.
		Abeylegesse surely must have sensed this, as she went to the front with a purpose.
		Having recently, on the 30th May, run 3:58.28 for 1500m, the speed was certainly there, whether the speed endurance was also in the tank would be evident towards the end when the early push for home and the record would have an affect on her.
	www.time-to-run.com /track/goldenleague/2004/bislett.htm (2083 words)

	Runner's & Triathlete's Web Athletics: 14:24.68 World Record For Abeylegesse In Bergen
		Already the world leader in the 1500 (3:58.38) and 3000 (8:35.83), the former in her debut over the event, the Ethiopian-born Abeylegesse, who has lived in Turkey since 1999, arrived in Bergen in top form, but her remarkable run still came as a shock to many.
		She broke from the field at the 3-k point (8:37.84), building an almost seven second lead with four laps remaining, a margin she extended to nine seconds a lap later.
		Reaching 4000 meters in 11:30.43, Abeylegesse was a staggering ten seconds ahead of record pace.
	www.runnersweb.com /running/news/rw_news_20040612_RRW_Abeylegesse.html (813 words)

	Süper Poligon : Hedef Medya !...
		Türkiye’nin Adis Ababa Büyükelçisi Kenan Tepedelen ‘Milliyetçiler başta Elvan olmak üzere başka ülke vatandaşlığına geçen atletlere ‘İhanette bulunuyorlar’ kampanyası başlattı’ dedi.
		TÜRKİYE’nin Adis Ababa Büyükelçisi Kenan Tepedelen, Etiyopya’da aşırı milliyetçilerin halk arasında Elvan Abeylegesse’ye karşı ‘Ülkesine ihanet ediyor’ şeklinde kampanya başlattığını doğruladı.
		‘Elvan geçen Şubat ayında hem ailesini görmek, hem de antrenman yapmak için Adis Ababa’ya geldi.
	www.superpoligon.com /oku.asp?id=9110 (408 words)

	leichtathletik.de - News/Pressemitteilungen: Elvan Abeylegesse — keine Angst vor großen Namen
		Elvan Abeylegesse — keine Angst vor großen Namen
		Elvan Abeylegesse, ein zierliches Persönchen von gerade mal 40 Kilo, die sich auf 1,59 Meter Körpergröße verteilen, ist eine von vielen Hoffnungsträgerinnen in der türkischen Laufszene.
		In der Türkei genießt Elvan Abeylegesse mittlerweile große Sympathien, auch wenn sich das Interesse vorwiegend auf Süreyya Ayhan konzentriert.
	www.leichtathletik.de /dokumente/pressemitteilung_view.asp?ID=4556 (425 words)

	aqumada :: Elvan Abeylegesse (Hewan Abeye) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Elvan is extremely unpopular among many Ethiopians in Diaspora as well as in Ethiopia.
		It is remembered that the Ethiopian federation went as far as banned her from training in Addis prior to the Athens Olympics (even though her whole family resides there).
		In Elvan's case, it is perhaps this difficult choice that paved the way to her success.
	yekolotemari.blog.com /231698 (398 words)

	IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - News
		Abeylegesse, who ran a 10,000m Cup record time of 30:21.67 in heavy rain in Antalya, Turkey on 15 April, will make her first appearance in a road race.
		Recalling the day she was victorious in the European 10,000m Cup, Abeylegesse says; “I had to struggle with the rain and the wind there.
		I could have run a much better time.” The Turk has indeed proven she was strong and physically at the peak of her form, and she may have even improved since last month; “My training sessions have gone great.
	www.iaaf.org /news/Kind=2/newsId=34592.html (561 words)

	Track & Field News: Abeylegesse Heads Entries For Euro Cup 10K
		World 5000m record holder Elvan Abeylegesse heads the entries for the 10th edition of the European Cup 10000m which takes place in Antalya, in her home country of Turkey, on Saturday 15 April.
		Saturdays race will be Abeylegesses first competition since the European Cup Second League match in Istanbul last June.
		Abeylegesse is the current holder of the Turkish 10000m record with 32:29.20, which she ran in her one previous race at the distance when she took the bronze medal at the 2001 Mediterranean Games.
	www.trackandfieldnews.com /tfn/displayArticle.jsp?id=8514 (744 words)

	ATASC
		Bergen, Norway -- Turkey’s Elvan Abeylegesse tonight took apart the women’s 5000m World record, which had belonged to the little known Chinese Jiang Bo since 1997 (14:28.09), improving the mark by over three seconds to 14:24.68 at the Evergood Bergen Bislett Games.
		After a solid two days of heavy rain in Bergen, the sun shone on Norway’s second city, golden rays which were more than matched by the sparkling competition at this the opening meeting of the TDK Golden League 2004.
		However, it was their former compatriot Elvan Abeylegesse, who represents Turkey, who was the star of tonight’s show.
	www.atasc.org /news/posts/1086946069.html (191 words)

	IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Turkey's Elvan Abeylegesse, who smashed the women's 5000m World record at the IAAF Golden League Meeting in Bergen, Norway on 11 June 2004, is donating the competition vest and number she wore on that historic evening.
		Abeylegesse, a former Ethiopian, became the first Turkish track and field athlete in history to set a World record.
		As well as her 5000m World record of 14:24.68, Abeylegesse ran 3:58.28 for 1500m, also in 2004.
	scd.iaaf.org /news/Kind=2/newsId=33002.html (640 words)

	Elvan Abeylegesse
		Elvan is pictured above (no 3142) during the final of the 1500m at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
		She finished in eighth place with the medals going to Kelly Holmes (1809), Tatyana Tomashova (2949) and Maria Cioncan (yellow vest behind Tomashova).
		This photograph is the copyright © of George Herringshaw and sporting-heroes.net
	www.sporting-heroes.net /athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=3072 (52 words)

	Elvan Abeylegesse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Elvan Abeylegesse leading at the IAAF World Championships 2003 in Paris, France Elvan Abeylegesse (also formerly: Hewan Abeye (Amharic) and Elvan Can (Turkish)) is an Ethiopian-born Turkish woman middle and long distance track and field athlete, running in the disciplines 1500m, 3000m and 5000m, but also 10000m, 2 miles and cross country, ranking World 7th.
		When She wrapped the Turkish flag around herself with enthusiasm at the finishing line in Bergen, She was reflecting the true pride She felt for her achievement in the name of Turkey.
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	elvan-abeylegesse.iqnaut.net (1264 words)

	Ethiopia's Defar takes 5,000 gold
		At the halfway point Abeylegesse made her break and immediately strung out the field.
		With three laps to go, though, Abeylegesse began to struggle and it became a two-woman race for gold.
		Abeylegesse, who set her world record of 14:24.68 in Norway in June, is also due to compete in the 1,500m in Athens.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2004/aug/24oly-ath3.htm (365 words)

	IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - News
		No one can realistically claim that Elvan Abeylegesse is strictly a ‘new name’, after all among so many other fine feats last year she took fifth place in the World Championships 5000m and won the distance at the IAAF World Athletics Final.
		Abeylegesse, a former Ethiopian, had that evening become the first Turkish track and field athlete in history to set a World record.
		Abeylegesse has not looked back since and has steadily improved (1500m: 2002 - 4:11.00, 03 - 4:07.25, 04 -3:58.28; 3000m: 2002 - 8:31.98 NR, 03 - 8:42.29, 04 — 8:35.83; 5000m: 2002 — 15:00.49, 03 — 14:53.56, 04 — 14:24.68 WR).
	www.iaaf.org /news/Kind=2/newsId=26089.html (1128 words)

	ZAMAN DAILY NEWSPAPER (2006081935797)
		Turkish athlete Elvan Abeylegesse has been withdrawn from the European squad which will compete at the World Athletics Tour to be held in Athens due to an injury.
		Elvan's Turkish trainer Ertan Hatipoglu said on Friday that an injury to her Achilles’ tendon had recurred, preventing her from training for two weeks.
		The European Athletics Federation had decided to include Elvan Abeylegesse in the team in the 3,000 meters category for the World Athletics Tour to be held on September 16-17 in Athens.
	www.zaman.com /?bl=hotnews&alt=&trh=20060819&hn=35797 (204 words)

	Elvan fails when it matters most Holmes ends Mutola era High stakes for Trabzon Black Sea Storm today - Turkish Daily ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Ethiopia's Meseret Defar and Tirunesh Dibaba decisively won their Olympic grudge race against former teammate Elvan Abeylegesse by taking gold and bronze respectively in the women's 5,000 meter in Athens.
		Abeylegesse, the world record-holder who now represents Turkey, trailed in 12th after proving unable to live with the pace of the Ethiopians, who were split at the finish by Kenyan Isabella Ochichi.
		Abeylegesse, who set her world record of 14:24.68 in Norway in June, withdrew from competition in the 1,500-meters Olympic race on Tuesday.
	www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /archives.php?id=37439 (2121 words)

	Runner's & Triathlete's Web Athletics: Abeylegesse Heads Entries For European Cup 10,000M
		Elvan Abeylegesse of Turkey, the world record holder in the 5000 meters, tops the entries for this weekend's 10th edition of the European Cup 10,000m in Antalya, Turkey.
		Saturday's competition will be the first for the 23-year-old Turk since her double victory at European Cup Second League match in Istanbul, Turkey, last June.
		At the Bislett Games in Bergen, Norway, in 2004, Abeylegesse produced a stunning 14:24.68 performance in the 5000, eclipsing Bo Jiang’s 1997 record by more than three seconds.
	www.runnersweb.com /running/news/rw_news_20060413_RRW_Abeylegesse.html (487 words)

	ZAMAN DAILY NEWSPAPER (200406209637)
		The most recent indicator of this is Elvan Abeylegesse, who set a new world track record (12.24:68) in women's 5,000 meters event at the Norwegian city of Bergen on June 11.
		That none of the Turkish television channels, including (shamelessly) the state Radio and Television (TRT), bothered to broadcast the race event in which Elvan broke the world record is, on the other hand a reflection of the fact that the new concept of Turkisnhess has not yet been embraced by the society at large.
		If it were not Elvan in Bergen but Surreya Ayhan, our other pride in track, born and raised as a "Turk and Muslim", television channels would have certainly raced against each other to air the event live.
	www.zaman.org /?bl=columnists&alt=&trh=20040620&hn=9637 (659 words)

	CanadianRunner.com - Go The Distance! - Elvan Abeylegesse smashed Paula Radcliffe’s 10k Record
		Turkey’s Elvan Abeylegesse smashed Paula Radcliffe’s championship record by almost 20 seconds when she won the European 10,000m Challenge in 30:21.67 in Antalya, Turkey today.
		The result installs Abeylegesse as firm favourite to take the European title in Gothenburg in August.
		In what was only her second race over the distance, Abeylegesse’s time was more than a minute faster than the 23-year-old managed on her debut five years ago and signalled a cracking return to form after illness.
	www.canadianrunner.com /content/view/8813/2 (223 words)

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