Girma Assefa

Athlete at heart.
Middle-distance & marathon runner | 2001–2016.
Running today for strength, health, and balance in life.💪🏃‍♂️

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Bacary Sagna discovering the heart of Ethiopian history, culture, and tradition 🇪🇹🤍

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The secret of @EliudKipchoge 🇰🇪 was never really hidden. It lies in the people around him.

And now, our training philosophy and methods are available to every runner.

Get the Kotcha app on the AppStore now (coming to Android soon) 📲 https://t.co/9mm5KrGiY9

#NNRunningTeam

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Women's marathon world record-holder Ruth Chepngetich has been banned for three years after the Kenyan admitted to anti-doping rule violations.

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@malc_anderson Are there no more pictures after this?

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Ruth Chepngetich, a Kenyan marathon runner, set a new women's marathon world record of 2:09:56 at the 2024 Chicago Marathon but has been provisionally suspended for testing positive for Hydrochlorothiazide, a diuretic.

[Girma Assefa @Assefa_Girma]

@WorldAthletics @nikepreclassic Congratulations

[Biniam Hirut @biniamhirut]

Prime Minister Tony Blair stands with the male and female winners of the London Marathon, Morocco's Abdelkader El Mouaziz and 29-year-old Ethiopian Derartu Tulu who hold their victory trophies, the Mall, April 2001 London

[𝑺𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒂 𝑲𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒅 🇪����🇺🇸 @semira_khalid]

Born lander and grew up in a beautiful Addis.

[World Athletics @WorldAthletics]

World lead 🔥

🇪🇹's Freweyni Hailu storms to the win in the women's mile and clocks a strong world-leading mark of 4:17.36.

She moves up to 6th place on the indoor mile all-time list!

#WorldIndoorTour

[Obsa Abdisa @obsaa_abdiisaa]

Ginchi High-school students on protest.

Abiy's regime, Fano terrorists and Eritrean forces are committing Genocide against Oromos across Oromia. Oromo Lives Matter! @AP @Reuters @HRW @UNHumanRights @IMFNews @WorldBank @EIB @EIBGlobal @StateDept #OromoVoice #AbiyMustGo

[Girma Assefa @Assefa_Girma]

Calanqotti #Harka
Aanoletti #Harma
Wallagatti #Morma

Seenaaf kaa'adhu!

[Girma Assefa @Assefa_Girma]

#saveourpeopleinsaudiarabia
#saudi_ministry_of_justice
#european_union_in_saudi_arabia
#amnesty_international_africa
#humanrightsviolationswatch
#ethiopianhumanrightscommission
#UnitedNationsHumanRightsRights
#HumanRightsCommission
#amnestyinternationalinternational

[Girma Assefa @Assefa_Girma]

#FreeEyaspedTesfaye #FreeThemAll

[Steven Mills @srmills90]

OK, I’ll bite. Apart from Lady Gaga, who actually are these people?!

[Michael Runner @MichaelRunner]

10 years ago I ran 31.82 miles in 5 hours 38 minutes. **Today I was excited about a 1.26 mile run. #run #running #training #ultramarathon #runner

[Takele Uma Banti @TakeleUma]

He can’t walk on his foot. My felling was different while I hugged him .Today , he got a house for him and for his family .

[Takele Uma Banti @TakeleUma]

Hirmaattota eebba Oromiyaa Media Network hundaaf,
Duraan dursee baga gammaddan jechuun barbaada.Itti aansuun jala bultiis ta’ee guyyaa boru gammachuu keessan yeroo ibsattan nageenya magaala guddoo biyya keenyaa xiyyeeffannoo fi qalbiin akka eegdan kabajaanan isin gaafadha

[Addis Standard @addisstandard]

Breaking - #TayeDendea, #Oromia region justice bureau PR head and #SeyoumTeshome, Univ. lecturer & blogger, who were held under the #StateofEmergency, have just been released from the #AddisAbeba police commission prison facility, a.k.a Sostegna. #Ethiopia

[Girma Assefa @Assefa_Girma]

SAD NEWS - Ethiopian marathoner Chala Adugna Bekele died during a training session yesterday morning. He was electrocuted when he accidentally touched a downed power line.

Our condolences to his friends and family. RIP.

[Mufa @Jamaicamufa]

#MeetingMondeville i1.500m full results Men