Ethopian marathon runners in fight

July 27, 2008

It seems there is a lot of tension in the Ethiopian team: Several media resources report, that there were 2 incidents between Ethiopian marathon hopefuls in the last weeks.
On Thursday (July 17th) Bezunesh Bekele and Dire Tune argued over who deserved to claim the last spot in the female marathon team for the Olympics. The argument ended up in a physical fight between the two women before their morning run (Tune finally got the last spot).
Even worse was the clash between Tessema Abshiro and olympic marathon participant Deriba Merga on Sunday, July 20th. This physical confrontation ended with Abshiro aiming a gun at Merga!

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