Ethiopia: Bekele announces marriage
AfricaNews, Netherlands - Nov 17, 2007

Ethiopia' s triple World and 2004 Olympic 10,000m champion Kenenisa Bekele has announced he will marry film actress Danawit Gebregziabher at a wedding ceremony on Sunday 18 November 2007.

Today’s announcement of the marriage plans of the 25-year-old Bekele, will cause an equal stir of excitement in the Ethiopian capital. It was only in January 2005 that the World and Olympic champion suffered the tragic loss of his then-fiancée Alem Techale, the 2003 World Youth 1500m champion, who collapsed and died while on a training run with him in the outskirts of Addis Ababa. His new fiancée Gebregziabher was an actress in Ethiopian hit-movie “The 11th Hour”.

The wedding will take place at the Sheraton Addis, one of only two five-star luxury hotels in the country.

Bekele’s training and competition plans remain unknown for the remainder of 2007, but in January 2008 he is scheduled to compete in Edinburgh against Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea, the World XC and Road Running champion ...