Eritrea: Teklemariam, the first runner to score three wins in Spain

Khartoum (HAN) January 13, 2015 – Public diplomacy and International Olympic Marathon champion news. Personal best athletic in the Horn of Africa, according to Eritrean Athlete Teklemariam Medhin Registers 3rd Successive Success At 60th International Cross Country in San Sebastian in Spain.

Eritrean athlete Teklemariam Medhin yesterday registered for the 3rd time successive success in the 60th edition of the Cross country competition in San Sebastian, Spain.

He became the first runner to score three wins in San Sebastian since Ethiopia’s 1968 Olympic Marathon champion Mamo Wolde won the long-running fixture three times in the years 1963 and 1966.

Eritrean Athlete Teklemariam Medhin registers 3rd successive success at 60th International

Teklemariam Medhin crossed the finishing line in 30:45 seconds defeating Uganda’s Timothy Toroitich by 11 seconds.


 

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