London 2012: Time for Kenenisa

 

 

Go Kenenisa

Lot is working against Kenenisa lately. Several years of injuries have hurt his performances and his results this summer have been remarkably out of character — an also-ran in four Diamond League races at 5,000 meters.

But never count Kenenisa out. After he walked off halfway though the 10,000 at last year's world championships seemingly spent for the year, he came back two weeks later to set the fastest time of the season over the distance. On Saturday, he has a shot to become the first runner to win three straight 10,000-meter Olympic titles.

He is a man used to winning, fired by a devastating finishing kick. Now he sees runners fleeing past him to the finishing line. But on Saturday, he has a shot to become the first runner to win three straight 10,000-meter Olympic titles.

It is his drive to be the best, to outshine even Haile that pushes him forward. With so much attention on sprinter Usain Bolt — with his three gold medals to match three world records in Beijing — Kenenisa felt his double never got enough credit. He even considered challenging Bolt to a race, over 600 meters, to see who was truly the best.

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