Monthly Archives: June 1999

Asrat Woldeyes: an extraordary life

By Jonathan Steele

I WAS LYING gravely ill in the flat of a Royal Air Force doctor in Addis Ababa when I first heard someone mention the name of Asrat Woldeyes, or simply Asrat as he was always known. Even …

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Going the Distance: The Haile Gebreselassie story

By Lee Nichols

Ten thousand meters is a pretty long distance to run (6.2 miles, for us Americans). But it’s nothing compared to the distance, both figurative and literal, that separates the lives of Haile Gebreselassie and Leslie Woodhead.

The …

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