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Miruts Yifter (Amharic and Tigrinya: ምሩፅ ይፍጠር,
affectionately known as "
Yifter the Shifter", 15 May 1944 – 22
December 2016) was an
Ethiopian long-distance...
- lead,
slowing the pace in
order to
conserve his
famous team mate
Miruts Yifter's final kick power.
Kedir led the twelve-man
group at 2,000
metres in 5:22...
- Emil Zátopek (1952) and
Russian Vladimir Kuts (1956).
After them,
Miruts Yifter (1980) and
Kenenisa Bekele (2008), both from Ethiopia, and Mo
Farah from...
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points more than the
winning score in
Moscow at the time.
Ethiopian Miruts Yifter won the 5,000
metres and 10,000
metres athletics double,
emulating L****e...
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Miruts Yifter Ethiopia 1976
Montreal details L****e Virén Finland
Carlos Lopes Portugal
Brendan Foster Great
Britain 1980
Moscow details Miruts Yifter Ethiopia...
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achieving the 5000 m/10000 m
distance double, last
achieved by
Ethiopian Miruts Yifter in 1980
Moscow Olympics. El
Guerrouj became the
first man in 80
years to...
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Former Prime Minister of
Ethiopia Mikael Sehul – Ras of
Ethiopia Miruts Yifter –
athlete who won two gold
medals in the 1980
Moscow Olympics Ras Alula...
- distance-runners
include Derartu Tulu,
Abebe Bikila, Mamo Wolde,
Miruts Yifter,
Addis Abebe,
Sileshi Sihine,
Gebregziabher Gebremariam,
Belayneh Densamo...
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finished eleventh,
almost 40
seconds behind the winner, Ethiopia's
Miruts Yifter. In 2010, he was
inducted into the
England Athletics Hall of Fame. Brendan...
- any case, he led the race for only a few
seconds before Ethiopia's
Miruts Yifter kicked past him on the inside. By contrast, in the 1983
World Championships...
