Bekele withdraws from Prefontaine classic
Yahoo! Eurosport, UK - June 8, 2007
Olympic 10,000m champion Kenenisa Bekele has withdrawn from the Prefontaine Classic grand prix meeting as he struggles to achieve full fitness.
"He's not coming," manager Jos Hermans said.
"He feels like he is only 90 percent fit and not ready to compete at the high level he would need here."
The meet was supposed to be the first between the 5000m and 10,000m world champion and Zersenay Tadesse, since the latter had ended Bekele's string of five consecutive world cross country championships in March.
Hermens said Bekele was still feeling the effects of the cross country race, which he did not finish after becoming exhausted in the heat and humidity in Mombasa, Kenya ...