Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele became the first person to win World titles on three surfaces on Sunday, when he finished in first place in the 3,000 metres final at the 11^th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow, Russia. Kenenisa, who finished in a time of 7 minutes, 39.32 seconds, now holds world indoors, outdoors and cross-country titles.

"After winning titles outdoors and in cross-country, indoors is like a fun-run for me," Kenenisa told reporters.

Kenenisa’s younger brother, Tariku, also took part, and finished in sixth place with a time of 7 minutes and 47.67 seconds.

There was also success in the Women’s 3,000 metres final on Saturday 11^th March, when fellow Ethiopian athlete Meseret Defar came first in 8 minutes and 38.80 seconds.

However, the weekend’s success for Ethiopia was not limited to the Championships in Moscow, as Haile Gebrselassie clocked an impressive 1 hour, 11 minutes and 37 seconds when he won the 25km at Alphen aan den Rijn in the Netherlands on Sunday, beating the World Record set by Kenyan Paul Kosgei in Berlin in May 2004 by 1:08 minutes.

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