The official registration of the 2019 TOTAL Great Ethiopian run will be open on 10 June 2019. The 19th edition of Great Ethiopian Run will be hosted on 17 November with the total number of mass participants being 45,000 increasing the record number of participants by 1,000.
On the occasion, the Great Ethiopian Run has signed a three years MoU with Tourism Ethiopia, as the Great Ethiopian Run for the past 18 years works to build the country’s image and also known as a great platform to develop sport tourism. Great Ethiopian Run in its past years is known for participating a range from 200 to 500 foreign participants each year from different parts of the world.
Unlike the previous years, registration this time around will be held at selected TOTAL station’s Bonjore cafes. The 8 selected stations are located around Lam Beret, Bole road; Nifasilk; Temenja Yaze; Mexico; Sebategna; Arat kilo and around Minilik monument with full day service including lunch time and Saturday. In addition, there will be a temporary station at the Great Ethiopian Run office. For those who are not able to reach the registration stations an online registration through the GER website is facilitated, they can deposite their payment through one of the four banks (Enat Bank; Awash Bank; Zemen bank & CBE) once they finish their online registration.
The 2019 TOTAL Great Ethiopian Run in addition to the title sponsor Ethiopian airlines; Malta Guinness; Actionaid; Indomeni; HP; Tourism Ethiopia; Arki Water and from the media EBC; DSTV; FBC; Capital Newspaper and Hyatt Regency Hotel as an official Hotel Partner. This year HP and Actionaid joined the partnership for the first time.
Selected TOTAL depots to serve as GER registration centers
Genzebe wins Rome
Genzebe Dibaba won the women’s race on 3:56.73 while Tilahun Haile clocked a world-leading 12:52.98 at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Rome Thursday.
After being paced through the first 800m in 2:09.24, Genzebe Dibaba overtook the second pacemaker before they reached 1000m (2:40.6). She continued to lead from fellow Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay with European champion Laura Muir close behind in third.
They moved up a gear with one lap to go and Muir caught Tsegay with 200m remaining. Dibaba and Muir, now both moving at top speed, kicked again in a desperate bid for the line. While Muir appeared to make up a bit of ground, there was no catching Dibaba who won in 3:56.28 – her fastest time since breaking the world record in 2015. Muir was just a stride behind in 3:56.73, the second-fastest time of her career.
Paced through 1000m in 2:33 and 2000m in 5:08.8, it was clear from the outset that the finishing time would be well inside 13 minutes. Once the pacemakers had dropped out, Diamond League champion Selemon Barega did much of the work at the front.
Five or six men were still in contention as they reached the bell in 11:58.3. Tilahun and Hagos Gebrehiwot led with Selomon close behind. Selomon looked to have timed his final effort well and hit the front with 200m to go, but Tilahun wasn’t done and kicked back in the final stages, catching his fellow Ethiopian just before the line.
Tilahun crossed the line in 12:52.98 with Solomon close behind in 12:53.04. Six men in total finished inside 13 minutes.
Amanuel, Addislead Best Player award
Mekele Town goal machine Amanuel G/Michael and Sidama Coffee’s one man strike force Addis Gedey are not only leading scorers but also front runners to the Premier League Player of the year award.
Helping Mekele to stay on top of the league table until a fortnight ago, Amanuel is considered one of the two revelations of the season along with Sidama’s target man Addis. Though the two upcoming strikers are hardly to brandish their marksmanship at international level for lack of international fixtures, they are by far the most sensational footballers of the current season.
By some chances both players are more to an individual efficiency than dependency on their fellow team mates. Amanuel and Addis are leading the top scorers’ chart each with 15 goals in his name and that is nearly half of the overall goals their respective teams managed.
Yared Kebede is Mekele’s second leading scorers with just six goals while Addis’ strike partner Habtamu Gezahune managed to bag eight goals. The comparison shows how much their respective sides are dependant of the two goal machines.
Amanuel who scored just nine goals last season flourished under Coach Gebremedin Haile while Sidama Bunns’s young Coach Zeray Mulu is responsible for every bit of Addis’ development as a prolific striker most deadly in the box.
The two strikers locked horn on the top scorers’ table thus the race to claim the top scorers’ gong is yet to be decided. But is there any one better than these two players who tried something out of nothing in order to give football fans something to talk about the whole week? Forget not what a dull season going on and imagine that minus the two players.
Adama 2019 Women’s League champion
An astonishing season closing home performance over visitor’s Trunesh Dibaba, Adama Town crowned Ethiopian Women’s League title for the first time in the clubs’ history. Senaf Wakuma finished top score of the season followed by Medina Awol and Rehima Zergaw and four times award winner Losa Aberra.
A hat trick from Losa Aberra, a braid from the season’s revelation Senaf Wakuma and the final nail from Senait Bogale, Adama trashed Trunesh-Dibaba Academy to 6-0 score line thus became the first ever regional club to take aloft the trophy. Though Adama added few players at the start of the season, it was Losa Aberra’s move that brought real domination for the side. The amazing combination of newly crowned top scorer Senaf and phenomenal player Losa was the turning point for unbeaten side Adama’s first ever title. Adama won the championship title with 58 points and 43 goals.
Former three time champions Ethiopia NegedBank finished runner-up for the fourth consecutive season beating Addis Ababa Town 2-nil at the season’s final showdown. NegedBank finished second a point down followed by Mekelakeya with 46 points. Ethio-Electric and Saint George are the two sides relegated.
The fierce top scorers’ contention ended with Adama Senaf Wakuma taking the crown with 21 goals while Rehima Zergaw of NegedBank and Medina Awol of Mekelakeya finished joint second each with 18 goals. Joined Adama in the second round Losa Aberra stood third with 17 goals in as much as seventeen matches.
