Haile Gebrselassie

Ethiopian Olympic gold medallist and national hero Haile Gebrselassie pledged on Wednesday to join the fight against rebellious forces in his country, after the prime minister said he had gone to direct the war from the front lines.

Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie has won two Olympic gold medals, seven world outdoor championship medals, and set dozens of world records, including the marathon best of 2:03:59 in Berlin in 2008.

The trio meet in a competitive environment for the first time in the 13.1 mile race from Newcastle to South Shields in the north-east of England, and Gebrselassie confesses that Farah's rise to global pre-eminence as the back to back Olympic and world champion at 5,000m and 10,000m has taken him by surprise.

Ethiopian running legend Haile Gebrselassie admitted on Sunday that it was "painful" not to be competing at the London Olympics, but held out hope he could make the Rio Games in four years' time.

Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie broke his own world record on Sunday at the Berlin Marathon for the second consecutive year in the German capital.

Haile Gebrselassie said five years ago he was going to break the marathon world record.

Kelli White sprinted to gold in the women's dash and the Haile Gebrselassie era came to an end at the World Championships on Sunday.

Ethiopian Olympic gold medallist and national hero Haile Gebrselassie pledged on Wednesday to join the fight against rebellious forces in his country, after the prime minister said he had gone to direct the war from the front lines.

Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie has won two Olympic gold medals, seven world outdoor championship medals, and set dozens of world records, including the marathon best of 2:03:59 in Berlin in 2008.

The trio meet in a competitive environment for the first time in the 13.1 mile race from Newcastle to South Shields in the north-east of England, and Gebrselassie confesses that Farah's rise to global pre-eminence as the back to back Olympic and world champion at 5,000m and 10,000m has taken him by surprise.

Ethiopian running legend Haile Gebrselassie admitted on Sunday that it was "painful" not to be competing at the London Olympics, but held out hope he could make the Rio Games in four years' time.

Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie broke his own world record on Sunday at the Berlin Marathon for the second consecutive year in the German capital.

Haile Gebrselassie said five years ago he was going to break the marathon world record.

Kelli White sprinted to gold in the women's dash and the Haile Gebrselassie era came to an end at the World Championships on Sunday.