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19 years old & scored twice in his debut, with the same team (AIK) Alex Isak started his career with.

ኦሎምፒካዊት ኣትሌት ዶልሺ ተስፉ ተክለገርግሽ፣ ኣብ ማራቶን ሮተርዳም 2ይ ደረጃ ብምሓዝ ተሸላሚት ብሩር መዳልያ ኮይና።

Rotterdam Marathon Womens Podium
Eunice Chumba 2:20:31
Tesfu Dolshi 2:21:35
Rose Chelimo 2:26:21

Eritreans shinning everywhere. This guy is a future ballon d'or contender. You heard it here first

ጓል ተስፉን ወዲ ፍሰሃየን ኩርዓትን ሓበንን ይሃብኩም ኣብዚ ቅዱስ ቅንያን ኣኹሪዕኩምናን ኣሐቢንኩምናን !!!


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Nazret Weldu Finished 6TH | Boston Marathon 17/04/2023 ‍♀️

ኣኽሊሉ ኣረፋይነ ናይ መጀመርያ ውድድሩ ከካይድ ኢዩ።

Aklilu Arefayne's debut!


Aklilu Arefayne
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APRIL 12, 2023

BINIAM GIRMAY IS SMASHING BARRIERS: FROM THE CLASSICS ISSUE

Intermarché-Circus-Wanty’s Eritrean star has been one of the revelations of the last couple of seasons. He followed up his historic silver medal in the 2021U23 Worlds with victories in Gent-Wevelgem and a stage of the Giro d’Italia in 2022. He tells Rouleur in Issue 118 he’s aiming even higher in 2023

WORDS: JAMES STARTT

https://www.rouleur.cc/blogs/the-rouleu ... sics-issue

This article is an abridged version of an article published in Issue 118: the Classics. To support our independent journalism and read more about the Classics, subscribe to Rouleur https://www.rouleur.cc/pages/subscribe to receive your edition featuring exclusive interviews with Liane Lippert and Imanol Erviti.

Cycling is actually one of the biggest sports in Eritrea, maybe even number one. And it was always a big sport in my family. My dad loved cycling, and almost every weekend there was a race nearby and my dad would take me to see it. And my older brother actually raced. I would wash his bike or go watch him train. That said, my first sport was football, and I was always playing with my friends. But as time went on, I got more and more into cycling, first simply by riding around, and then I started racing when I was already 12.

My father has been my biggest inspiration. He is a great dad. He is a carpenter and he really loved the family and his kids and he really taught me the need to work hard and be humble. In Eritrea, family comes first and he always kept us together as a family, as friends and even as part of the business. He is a really big part of my success. He is my hero.

I would not be where I am today if it were not for a lot of Eritrean riders before me. Most recently there are guys like Daniel Teklehaimanot, Natnael Berhane or Merhawi Kudus. But even before that, there were a lot of riders in my country that were just really good, but they didn’t have the means to become professional. We have a really long history of cycling. A lot of Italians settled in Eritrea and they brought cycling with them, so cycling has real roots there.

When you race in Europe young, you race like a European. I was very lucky to be able to start racing in Europe at a very young age. That is something that a lot of my countrymen did not have. But I was fortunate. After I won the junior African championships

I was invited to be a member of the UCI development team, and that is what started my career in Europe. To be honest, after the first week at the UCI World Cycling Centre, I wanted to go home. Everything was so structured. Breakfast was at 7:00 am and at 7:30 it was finished. Lunch was the same. It was really hard to adjust. I was really close to my family and it was not easy to be away from them. But once I actually started racing things got easier.




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Medical Update -

Biniam Girmay, who was involved in a crash, was closely monitored in Belgium for two weeks to take care of his wounds and evaluate the state of his concussion. After a last neurological test in the hospital of Uccle last Friday, he received our green lights to return home and continue his rehabilitation in Eritrea. On Monday he rode on the rollers for 15 minutes for the first time to start up his step by step comeback to sports.

— Ortwin Schäfer (Head doctor) https://intermarche-circus-wanty.eu/new ... -update-4/

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Tekle kefekemariam (wedi tukul) ጸሎቱ ሰሚሩሉ 2023

Who cares?

Eris are dying for a recognition. And Ethiopians are ignoring.

Reception ceremony held at Asmara Palace to welcome the new, 16th Round, Chinese Medical team & bid farewell to 18-member preceding group. Keynote Address by Minister Am'na Nurhusein, who underlined exemplary medical cooperation that is anchored on & reflects solid bilateral ties.

Participants of the 1st Special Course for diplomats from Eritrea and Zambia when visiting Rashtrapati Bhavan, today
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Pic from Badme on Easter Day. @Erispay