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World Service,16 May 2015,9 mins

Haile Gebrselassie

Sporting Witness

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In 2000, the great Ethiopian distance runner, Haile Gebrselassie, won the Olympic 10,000 metres by a single second - beating his closest rival in the process. Gebrselassie, who announced his retirement in May 2015, describes the race to Fred Dove. The programme is a Whistledown Production and was first broacast in 2012. PHOTO: Haile Gebrselassie celebrates (Getty Images).

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