Shot in Adis Ababa, Haile Gebrselassie, Kenenisa Bekele, Tirunesh Dibaba and Meseret Defar tell the story of distance running in Ethiopia. Talking ahead of this year's Bupa Great North Run, the athletes explain what it means to win a gold medal in Ethiopia, and what it takes to be the best in the world.
Haile Gebrselassie is a two time Olympic Gold Medallist, winning the 10,000m at the Atlanta and Sydney Olympic Games. Kenenisa Bekele won the Olympic 10,000m in Athens and Beijing, where he also won the 5,000m. Meseret Defar won the 2004 and 2012 Olympic 5000m titles, and Tirunesh Dibaba won the 5,000 and 10,000m at the Beijing Games and the 10,000 at London 2012. Between them they have broken dozens of World Records, and taken dozens of World Titles on the track and country.
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