Teams :: Schedules & Results :: Photos :: Watch Online

Bekele claims the 5000m title

Yomi Omogbeja (11/08/2006)

Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele has won the men’s 5000m in Mauritius. 

Bekele, 24, the reigning Olympic and world 10,000m champion took the lead at the bell and surged on to win in 14:03.41.

Kenyan Mike Kigen was second in 14:05.12 with Uganda's Moses Kipsiro settling for bronze in 14:05.20.

AthleticsAfrica.Com will bring you indepth and extensive coverage from our reporters in Mauritius.

Stay with us and you can click here for the full result.

Note: (To view the above files, you require Adobe PDF viewer/reader)