Getenet Wale coasted to victory in the men’s 3000m steeplechase running all alone for the latter half of the race and winning by 11 seconds. His compatriot Ethiopian Freweyni Hailu was a class apart in the women’s 1500m, clocking 4:04.20 to win from Slovenia’s Marusa Mismas-Zrimsek.
Though pre race hot favorite Ethiopian Genezebe Dibaba take the lead from start through 800 in 2:11 and the field remained close until the final lap. But once the bell gone, Genezebe surrendered the lead to her compatriot Hirut Meshesha. When things appeared to go Hirut’s way little known Freweini burst from behind to go all the way to the finishing line.
Freweyni Hailu pulled away to win comfortably in the end in 4:04.20, taking almost two seconds off her 4:05.91 pb from last year and hitting the Olympic standard on the nose. Dibaba, meanwhile, totally ran out of gas after she was passed and wound up dropping out of the race on the final lap.
As the only man in the field to have run faster than 8:12, 2019 Diamond League champ Getnet Wale of Ethiopia (8:05 pb), who ran 7:24 for the flat 3k indoors, was the heavy favorite and backed up that status, getting out to an early lead and running most of the race on his own to win in a world-leading 8:09.47.
The real drama came behind him, as four Europeans Great Britain’s Phil Norman (8:20.12), Italy’s Osama Zoghlami (8:20.29), Spain’s Daniel Arce (8:21.53), and Italy’s Ahmed Abdelwahed (8:21.54) were all able to hit the 8:22.00 Olympic standard. It was particularly important for Norman and Abdelwahed, neither of whom had the standard going in.
Getenet and Freweyni dominate Ostrava athletics tour
2021 World’s 10 highest paid sports personalities
The brash mixed martial arts star McGregor collected a total of $180 million over the last 12 months; most of that comes from his recent sale of his majority stake in whiskey brand Proper No. Twelve to Proximo Spirits for $150 million. It’s the 32-year-old’s first time at No. 1 and his second appearance in the top ten (he landed at No. 4 with $99 million in 2018 after the fight against Mayweather). McGregor clearly wants to put his money to work even beyond booze: He has floated the far-fetched notion of buying Manchester United, the Premier League’s most valuable team in recent times.
Adding in his endorsements, McGregor made $158 million outside of his fighting career over the last 12 months, becoming only the third athlete, after Roger Federer and Tiger Woods, to earn more than $70 million off the field in a single year while still actively competing.
Messi, whose off-the-pitch drama with FC Barcelona last summer followed by media reports of the club’s dire financial state and the revelation that his contract was worth $674 million, sets a record for soccer players with his 2021 total of $130 million. Prescott, with $107.5 million, breaks the record for NFL players thanks to a $66 million signing bonus from the Dallas Cowboys. The four on this year’s list join only five other athletes—Federer, Mayweather, Neymar, Manny Pacquiao and Woods—to have made more than $100 million in a single year.
Mihiretab Mezgebu
Name: Mihiretab Mezgebu
Education: Degree
Company name: Bourbon Coffee
Title: Manager
Founded in: 2011
What it does: Café srvice
HQ: Addis Ababa, around Wello sefer
Number of employees: 4
Startup Capital: 500,000 birr
Current Capital: Growing
Reasons for starting the business: To fill the gap in the sector
Biggest perk of ownership: Creativity
Biggest strength: Customer attraction
Biggest challenging: Knowing customers need
Plan: Expanding bourbon by franchising
First career: Import, export business
Most interested in meeting: Bill Gates
Most admired person: My mother
Stress reducer: Sitting at windy places
Favorite past time: Watching movie
Favorite book: Dertogada
Favorite destination: Anywhere windy
Favorite automobile: Chevrolet
Fashion and culture intertwine to give back, at the bag show
The annual bag show fundraiser event took place on May 19th, 2021 at the Sheraton Addis Hotel marking its fourth year.
The bag show seeks to support local designers primarily women to show case their bag designs while raising funds for Our Father’s Kitchen which is working to make a different in the lives of children living in extreme poverty and malnourishment.
This year’s bag show event was organized by Prologue and Cactus which showcased products of 11 designers. The proceeding from the auction went to the fundraiser.
Similarly, Sheraton was stoked to host the event, adding that as a luxury collection hotel, it is proud to co-host the event alongside pertinent partners.
Our Father’s kitchen, is a tailor made program which operates under an organization called H.I.D.O which was founded by Yasser Bagersh, with the support of Sister Tibebe Maco in Addis Ababa. Through two separate community kitchens in Addis Ababa, over 300 children are fed daily with a wholesome meal.
