Kenenisa Bekele is the greatest distance runner of all time in my opinion. If injuries did not slow him down, I think have broken 2 hrs in the marathon. It amazes me he still runs sub 2.05 in his 40s. Once in a lifetime runner
100%. He had the world record in the 5000m, the 10,000m. He's run 7:26 for 3000m. 3:32 1500m. 2 secs off the previous marathon world record at age 41. Nearly undefeated/by far the most dominant cross country runner of all time. This guy is definitely the greatest distance runner of all time. No one can beat Bekele in a good day
that's what you tell yourself Kenya has more medals in the olympics than any other country in the world Kenya has more athletics records than ethiopia in the world marathon majors more kenyans have won I mean just get online and check it Kenya is the greatest middle,long distance running country on earth and we're getting into short races too our sprinter Omanyala missed the 100M finals in Tokyo by 1 second
I get confused as to who to support between these beasts! I love them both equally. The legend is beaten by the fresh legs. Long live the king"gebresellassie!" Will always be missed. No one could beat age really. It catches up eventually
Although finishing second, Haile greatly added to his legacy on this day with his superb front running in the second half of the race; extra incredible because of all of the injuries that he had in recent seasons.
@X x Kenenisa and Halie both have 3 and 2 olympic gold medals respectively. They also have several other accomplishments such as a number of world records, silver medals, won countless champions in a number of distances and are considered one of the best long distance runner of all time.
@@Selina782 Yep... Mo got some medals but there is no way comparing him to bekele or Haile. Mo got z big name because of the British media bla bla bla...
@@victorortiz8536 cheptegi had computer pacing systems he cheated the record, he had lazers literally pointing at where he should be, bekele and Gabriel ran with their hearts and minds
Gebre selasi is the best of all time he is still winning races at 40 and setting road records, this guy is the most natural runner ever seen.Steve Ovette is probably the next most natural runner I have seen, but he didnt have the hunger.
12:57 for the second half. Absolutely mind boggling stuff Edit: At the time, that second half of the 10000m by itself was faster than the 5000m championship record
@@glywnniswells9480 They averaged 4:10 per mile in the second half so it's unlikely they went sub 4 at any point. They must have come within seconds of it in the last mile though. It would be totally absurd if they actually went sub 4.
Absolutely historic. Two of history's greatest athletes duelling as one approaches the twilight of his career and his successor rises to take his throne.
Grandioso espectáculo, toda una fiesta deportiva, ver a estas dos luminarias del atletismo mundial y olímpico. Todo un estadio lleno disfrutando de tanto portento y calidad. Es por eso que el atletismo el rey de los deportes. No habría juegos Olímpicos sin atletismo. HERMOSO DEPORTE. Quien lo practica, así sea en forma recreativa, adquiere una poderosa coraza ante cualquier adicción; la mente y el cuerpo goza de excelente salud. Se siente un gran placer cuando se trota en largo trayecto.
Tirunesh dibaba holds the 10000 metres Olympic record and the 5000 metres world record! Long live the baby face destroyer of our era, long live the princess of Ethiopia. Long live Sihines diamond of our generation.
Let's not get carried away, it was about 12.9 or so. 26s roughly for final 200, and 55 seconds for final lap. Bekele is crazy good, but he is not capable of running 11.0s for 100m. I'm guessing you just made the mistake of using the orange looking line, which is not the 100m line. If you look at the 100m run from this WC meet, you'll see that the start line is very much back from the start of the straightaway on the track. The white dotted lines that Bekele runs over at about 26:36.6 on the 10k timer are what make up the actual 100m start line.
@@AgencyEric dude, did you just say he isn’t capable of running 11.s? If he is running 12.9 at the end of a 5k imagine how fast he could run a 100m with full energy.
It's crazy to think about. I'm Ethiopian born and raised and ran 5k as a separate race in high school in around 17:30 mins (in Canada). My Ethiopian friend from my high school ran it in about 16:05 mins. We were considered to be amazing distance runners in our city but it's funny to think that there are humans running sub 14 mins in the SECOND half of their 10k. Unbelievable
Kenenisa Bekele was a creator! No brakes. He was/is long distance runner. Loved him since was a kid Berlin 2009 was amazing. Regards from Finland, Vili. I run faster ;D Love you Kenenisa.
An average person can hold that pace for 400m A fit person can hold it for 800m A good runner can hold it for 1500m A very good runner can hold it for 5000m Only the greatest athletes can hold it for 10,000m I can hold it for 20,000m
Kenenisa Bekele is the greatest distance runner of all time in my opinion. If injuries did not slow him down, I think have broken 2 hrs in the marathon. It amazes me he still runs sub 2.05 in his 40s. Once in a lifetime runner
100%. He had the world record in the 5000m, the 10,000m. He's run 7:26 for 3000m. 3:32 1500m. 2 secs off the previous marathon world record at age 41. Nearly undefeated/by far the most dominant cross country runner of all time. This guy is definitely the greatest distance runner of all time. No one can beat Bekele in a good day
Bekele's stride and power in the final 100 meters of such a race...inconceivable, and astonishing. Just wow. I've never seen such a thing.
I think I've seen this clip something like 2000 times by now. This is art. Art in its purest form.
It's also sad. Someone like Haile beaten in a sprint.
Their technique are juste awesome!
Jon Peder Dalsbø Me, too when I recorded it on videotape. Memorable.
አይ አንተ ዘመን መቸ ይሆን
የምትመለሰው
you've seen this clip 2000 times but have you seen the full race at least once?
The greatest running nation in the world!!!! Ethiopia!!
🥇 Uganda 🇺🇬 new kids on the block 🏃🏃♀️
@@APBCTechnique you seen anyone as good as haile or kenenisa? Not even bro
Once ...
that's what you tell yourself
Kenya has more medals in the olympics than any other country in the world
Kenya has more athletics records than ethiopia
in the world marathon majors more kenyans have won
I mean just get online and check it
Kenya is the greatest
middle,long distance running country on earth
and we're getting into short races too
our sprinter Omanyala missed the 100M finals in Tokyo by 1 second
Only in 5k and 10k...Kenya beats you at everything else. Just check the stats.
"They've both got speed. They've both got...superspeed." Commentators getting creative.
They both got speed, not all
@No Name yes sub 25 last 200 meters to win in the past!!! WOW!!!!
1 at his peak another is going to age.
This two giants are living legends for ever!!
❤️
I love Gebre's genuine hug after race
I get confused as to who to support between these beasts! I love them both equally. The legend is beaten by the fresh legs. Long live the king"gebresellassie!" Will always be missed. No one could beat age really. It catches up eventually
True
Running moments beyond the coach training... heart leg and mind
Go my African family....lots of love
1:42 "Ethiopia, the greatest running nation in the world" what a commentator!
They should train more in 400m 800m 1500m and stepple chase in my opinion 3000m to marathon they are good no doubt
Bekele is my favorite runner of all time
I don't think so we ever see these kind of athletes again
Ethiopia the greatest running nation in the world - a tossup between them & Kenya.
Generations upon generations of lifestyle plus super hard work.
Sadly with all the positive tests the truth is now known.
@@Grendel2912 hahahaha what are you talking about?
And A LOT of EPO
@@hayfielddraw4364 an Ethiopian athelete never tested positive. Stop spreading lies
@@Grendel2912 another idiot
Mo Farah is great, but this two are (were) BRILLIANT because they were (Bekele still is) record holders.
No longer
@@APBCTechnique
True, unfortunately.
Bekele is from my country
No longer
Can’t take nothing from mo
Mo Farah bu adamların getir götürünü yaptı, HAİLE ve BEKELE GREAT CHAMPİON
Although finishing second, Haile greatly added to his legacy on this day with his superb front running in the second half of the race; extra incredible because of all of the injuries that he had in recent seasons.
Mo is watching this and thinking... " hey I will only run when these guys dont ". Lol
OZ Z
Wrong, soften time and era. They're all greats respectfully.
Mo has several Olympic gold metals how many do you have.
@X x Kenenisa and Halie both have 3 and 2 olympic gold medals respectively. They also have several other accomplishments such as a number of world records, silver medals, won countless champions in a number of distances and are considered one of the best long distance runner of all time.
@@Selina782
Yep... Mo got some medals but there is no way comparing him to bekele or Haile.
Mo got z big name because of the British media bla bla bla...
@@jebini42 true
Bekele always accelerates so nicely
the 2 greatest distance runners of all time - when will anyone close to their level come along again?
Chepteguei!
@@victorortiz8536 how long it has taken for anyone to break that record? stay in a back and stfu
@@victorortiz8536 cheptegi had computer pacing systems he cheated the record, he had lazers literally pointing at where he should be, bekele and Gabriel ran with their hearts and minds
@@large4u yup prime bekele was scary, he had the endurance strength of the 10,000 and the speed of the 800m, bekele is really a generational talent.
Also, ich habe keine Zeit.
Bedaure.
Gebre selasi is the best of all time he is still winning races at 40 and setting road records, this guy is the most natural runner ever seen.Steve Ovette is probably the next most natural runner I have seen, but he didnt have the hunger.
jean silvas Ovette used to annoy me. “Stop waving and take off another half second!” 😆
Bekele is a motor!
God bless ETHIOPIA!!
Amen!
Amen Amen Amen 🙏
@@Lemlem7682 are you everywhere vids about ethiopia lol
Ethiopian runners are few but top rated! The likes of Abebe, Haile, Bekele, m
The two best long distance runners of our time.
this is when the king was dethroned by an even better athlete.
same level not better
@@m3hdim3hdi No, better.
(ቀነኔሳ /ሀይሊ) ምርጥ ኢትዮጵያዊ ነችሁ ጀግኖች እድሜና ጤና ይስጣችሁ ኮርተንባችሁል !!!
Really he is a king of long distance track runners
Indeed, the greatest running nation in the world.
bekele had a great kick, amazing super stras.
amazing athletes , thank for share
I love this
"1, 2, 3 for the greatest running nation in the world"😌
amazing that the second 5,000m of this race was sub 13min
blindguardian1979 That is just not human anymore wow.I wonder if the last mile was sub 4
12:57 for the second half. Absolutely mind boggling stuff
Edit: At the time, that second half of the 10000m by itself was faster than the 5000m championship record
@@glywnniswells9480 They averaged 4:10 per mile in the second half so it's unlikely they went sub 4 at any point. They must have come within seconds of it in the last mile though. It would be totally absurd if they actually went sub 4.
This is great coverage!👍
If you pause it at 1:01 it looks like one runner. They are so exactly stride for stride and overlayed, you can only see one runner.
''What a race what a performance''!...
Wowwww god bless ethiopia
All are my idols growing up ❤️🌏
Absolutely historic. Two of history's greatest athletes duelling as one approaches the twilight of his career and his successor rises to take his throne.
amazing
Grandioso espectáculo, toda una fiesta deportiva, ver a estas dos luminarias del atletismo mundial y olímpico. Todo un estadio lleno disfrutando de tanto portento y calidad. Es por eso que el atletismo el rey de los deportes. No habría juegos Olímpicos sin atletismo. HERMOSO DEPORTE. Quien lo practica, así sea en forma recreativa, adquiere una poderosa coraza ante cualquier adicción; la mente y el cuerpo goza de excelente salud. Se siente un gran placer cuando se trota en largo trayecto.
Ethiopia - The greatest running nation! Period!
Sei il migliore al mondo!!!
Greatest generation alternately in running world..
Good times, wish it will come back again
Excellent job Country Giants Make A Great Creator።🌷🌷
Thank you ethiopia for bring these legends❤
The smile on the champ's face as he was over taken says it all, yup the new emperor has arrived.
Haile is doing something interesting just like his name thankyou our hero God bless you more dear
I'm a Jamaican this is my race...
An era changing last lap this was, 2003 in Paris. Both men are fantastic. Firm places among the best distance runners of all time.
At 0.58, is that a synchronize running!? wow
Yes, the greatest running nation in the world!!! 1st, 2nd, 3rd!!!
They have mirror running styles, same armswing and leg swings. Must of ran together a lot.
Nate Silvers
They trained together day in and day out.
Tirunesh dibaba holds the 10000 metres Olympic record and the 5000 metres world record! Long live the baby face destroyer of our era, long live the princess of Ethiopia. Long live Sihines diamond of our generation.
+favourite people that record is slow for the average professional elite runner.
I wish best for Ethiopia, They are good People.
Two, legends!!
Magnifique * - *
The passing of the torch from a legend to another legend
Two legends.
I really Love the great Bekele but it was sad to see the legend Haile lose
That last 100 meters for Bekele was 11 seconds!! Thats incredible.
Let's not get carried away, it was about 12.9 or so. 26s roughly for final 200, and 55 seconds for final lap.
Bekele is crazy good, but he is not capable of running 11.0s for 100m. I'm guessing you just made the mistake of using the orange looking line, which is not the 100m line. If you look at the 100m run from this WC meet, you'll see that the start line is very much back from the start of the straightaway on the track. The white dotted lines that Bekele runs over at about 26:36.6 on the 10k timer are what make up the actual 100m start line.
+LMaster1 In fact, Gebreselassie run fastest the last 100m !!!
Bekele can easy run 11 probably under and the last lap was 54:96
Imagine him running 100 metres with fresh legs.
@@AgencyEric dude, did you just say he isn’t capable of running 11.s? If he is running 12.9 at the end of a 5k imagine how fast he could run a 100m with full energy.
They ran the last 5k in under 13 minutes
It's crazy to think about. I'm Ethiopian born and raised and ran 5k as a separate race in high school in around 17:30 mins (in Canada). My Ethiopian friend from my high school ran it in about 16:05 mins. We were considered to be amazing distance runners in our city but it's funny to think that there are humans running sub 14 mins in the SECOND half of their 10k. Unbelievable
SUB 13:00 MINUTES FOR THE LAST 5000 METRES!!!!!!!! NEVER EVER SEEN BEFORE,, NEVER REPEATED!!!!!!!
ምንጊዜም እድሜ ያልበገረው ጀግና ሀይሌ ሌሎቻችሁም የሀገር ባለውለታ ናችሁ !!!!!
Beautiful commentary
Simplemente los mejores atletas del mundo...
O M G always i am from ethiopia but on this video i am double Ethiopian its incredibly ❤❤❤❤❤❤
in this planet there is no greater long distance runner az ethiopian. I feel bad for Kenya & for haters ethiopian they r amezing by everything .
Ethiopia boy The fast 🏃♂️🏃♂️😀my brothers Excellent 🙋♀️💃🇪🇹
1997 mechyem ayedegamemi😚😚😚😚👍👍👍
They run like horses.
2' 40" per kilometer.
Simply unbelievable.
kenya is the greatets running nation on earth.kenya my motherland.
Tücsök Giru dopers
@@buda2851 that is white men thing they are neighbor to us we love them
Fière d'être Éthiopian nous avons des athlètes nous avons de la bravoure nous sommes toujours victorieux 🎉🎉🎉
このゲブレセラシエの陽気さが自分はとても好きだ
このように常に前向きでありたい
All Ethopia athletes my hero ❤️😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😍😘I love Ethopia my country
the GREAT RUNNER of the planet
Je suis fière je suis né en Ethiopie mon pays🥰🙏🏿
🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹
🥇 Uganda 🇺🇬 new Kings of distance running 🏃 🏃
You got it best runner in the world
If I were Kenenisa I wouldn’t dare to go past Haile I will be behind and make sure no one else will take over.
Good thing you are not Bekele !
Obra maestra total !!!!, para llorar de felicidad
Wonderful
Haile was strong that year he just lacked the finishing speed
Gerema mogesachew erasu yebekal eko uuufff wedede❤❤❤❤
come to here to see the greatest runner best competition and finally show respect each other.all they run for the flag
Una maquina saludos desde chile
Anyone have this full race? I'd buy it with this English commentary
Kenenisa Bekele was a creator! No brakes. He was/is long distance runner. Loved him since was a kid
Berlin 2009 was amazing. Regards from Finland, Vili.
I run faster ;D Love you Kenenisa.
Congratulations
Love you kb
Good old days
01:01-01:02 they are so in sync that they look like single person.
Woow am so Happy congregation Ethiopia
every morning and evening one teaspoon of dope- and I would be one minute faster than they
Gabriel El remains one of the best on the track ♥️♥️♥️
greatest of all times
An average person can hold that pace for 400m
A fit person can hold it for 800m
A good runner can hold it for 1500m
A very good runner can hold it for 5000m
Only the greatest athletes can hold it for 10,000m
I can hold it for 20,000m
Haile Gebresilassie the greatest ever
Not just as a runner, but a human being as well. Has done so much for Ehtiopia
Bekele is better
Legends
The emperor is beaten, we gonna have a new king from Ethiopia.❤