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
@@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
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.
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.
@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...
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.
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
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.
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
Haile antes de la última vuelta sabía que no ganaría, conocía muy bien la velocidad punta de Kenenisa y necesitaba haber sacado al menos 50 metros antes de la última vuelta, solo lo acompañó para verle ganar
watch?v=njGGvaxZSro This is from something like 2.4k out or something, not in english, still great video though. I cannot explain to you how jealous I am that you witnessed this, I still get chills whenever I watch it. Did you also see the five thousand?
![Mo Farah, Bekele, Kipchoge and Lagat at 5000m Berlin 2009 [HD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/t4YXfwEa4hM/mqdefault.jpg)
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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.
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.
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?
I love Gebre's genuine hug after race
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
This two giants are living legends for ever!!
❤️
"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.
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
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
Bekele is my favorite runner of all time
I don't think so we ever see these kind of athletes again
Go my African family....lots of love
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.
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
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.
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!” 😆
God bless ETHIOPIA!!
Amen!
Amen Amen Amen 🙏
@@Lemlem7682 are you everywhere vids about ethiopia lol
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
Ethiopian runners are few but top rated! The likes of Abebe, Haile, Bekele, m
(ቀነኔሳ /ሀይሊ) ምርጥ ኢትዮጵያዊ ነችሁ ጀግኖች እድሜና ጤና ይስጣችሁ ኮርተንባችሁል !!!
Bekele always accelerates so nicely
this is when the king was dethroned by an even better athlete.
same level not better
@@m3hdim3hdi No, better.
Bekele is a motor!
The two best long distance runners of our time.
Really he is a king of long distance track runners
bekele had a great kick, amazing super stras.
amazing athletes , thank for share
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.
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.
At 0.58, is that a synchronize running!? wow
This is great coverage!👍
''What a race what a performance''!...
All are my idols growing up ❤️🌏
Wowwww god bless ethiopia
Indeed, the greatest running nation in the world.
Ethiopia - The greatest running nation! Period!
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.
I love this
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.
Haile is doing something interesting just like his name thankyou our hero God bless you more dear
Good times, wish it will come back again
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.
Thank you ethiopia for bring these legends❤
ምንጊዜም እድሜ ያልበገረው ጀግና ሀይሌ ሌሎቻችሁም የሀገር ባለውለታ ናችሁ !!!!!
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.
Anyone have this full race? I'd buy it with this English commentary
"1, 2, 3 for the greatest running nation in the world"😌
Excellent job Country Giants Make A Great Creator።🌷🌷
Sei il migliore al mondo!!!
amazing
The smile on the champ's face as he was over taken says it all, yup the new emperor has arrived.
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 .
An era changing last lap this was, 2003 in Paris. Both men are fantastic. Firm places among the best distance runners of all time.
SUB 13:00 MINUTES FOR THE LAST 5000 METRES!!!!!!!! NEVER EVER SEEN BEFORE,, NEVER REPEATED!!!!!!!
Yes, the greatest running nation in the world!!! 1st, 2nd, 3rd!!!
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
O M G always i am from ethiopia but on this video i am double Ethiopian its incredibly ❤❤❤❤❤❤
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.
The passing of the torch from a legend to another legend
I'm a Jamaican this is my race...
Greatest generation alternately in running world..
I really Love the great Bekele but it was sad to see the legend Haile lose
Beautiful commentary
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
Two, legends!!
come to here to see the greatest runner best competition and finally show respect each other.all they run for the flag
Magnifique * - *
Haile was strong that year he just lacked the finishing speed
Simplemente los mejores atletas del mundo...
Ethiopia boy The fast 🏃♂️🏃♂️😀my brothers Excellent 🙋♀️💃🇪🇹
Fière d'être Éthiopian nous avons des athlètes nous avons de la bravoure nous sommes toujours victorieux 🎉🎉🎉
Two legends.
Je suis fière je suis né en Ethiopie mon pays🥰🙏🏿
01:01-01:02 they are so in sync that they look like single person.
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.
All Ethopia athletes my hero ❤️😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😍😘I love Ethopia my country
🥇 Uganda 🇺🇬 new Kings of distance running 🏃 🏃
Woow am so Happy congregation Ethiopia
Wonderful
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
You got it best runner in the world
Una maquina saludos desde chile
l Love you ehtopia
እንዳችሆለን ኑሩልን
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
the GREAT RUNNER of the planet
His name is spelt Gebrselassie not Gabrselassie.
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 !
Love you kb
ወለጂ፣እሰቴአገሬደግመሽ፣ቀንኒሳን?
Obra maestra total !!!!, para llorar de felicidad
The emperor is beaten, we gonna have a new king from Ethiopia.❤
Haile antes de la última vuelta sabía que no ganaría, conocía muy bien la velocidad punta de Kenenisa y necesitaba haber sacado al menos 50 metros antes de la última vuelta, solo lo acompañó para verle ganar
Congratulations
every morning and evening one teaspoon of dope- and I would be one minute faster than they
Good old days
watch?v=njGGvaxZSro This is from something like 2.4k out or something, not in english, still great video though. I cannot explain to you how jealous I am that you witnessed this, I still get chills whenever I watch it. Did you also see the five thousand?
Gabriel El remains one of the best on the track ♥️♥️♥️