Ethiopias Ibrahim Jeilan wins Mens World 10,000m athletics championships. After winning the Ethiopian 10,000 m title, Ibrahim Jeilan ran a world youth best of 27:02.81 over 10,000 m – also the second best ever run by a junior after Samuel Wanjiru.

1992 – Barcelona Olympics – Derartu Tulu wins Gold 10000 m Women. Her 1992 Olympic gold medal launched her career and she is one of the first African woman to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games. Derartu Tulu is an Ethiopian long distance track, road and marathon athlete.

2 mile women world indoor record shattered by 13 seconds. On 20 May 2007 Meseret Defar ran the 2 mile in Carson, California in a world best time of 9:10.47. Meseret Defar is a female long-distance runner from Ethiopia who competes chiefly in the 3000 metres and 5000 metres events. Defar holds the indoor records for the 5000 metres, 3000 metres and two-mile run.

Tirunish Dibaba breaking her own 5k indoor wr at the 2007 Boston Indoor Games. Tirunesh Dibaba also known as Tirunesh Dibaba Kenene is an Ethiopian long distance track athlete. She has also won four world track titles and five world cross country titles. She is nicknamed the “Baby Faced Destroyer”.

Elisha Korir of Kenya breaks the 10K world record with a crazy fast time of 25 minutes 43 seconds. Elisha Korir won the overall men’s division of the World’s Fastest 10K on Sunday, October 12, 2008 to set the unofficial world record for the 10,000 meters.

Hillary Kimayo breaks 10k world record in the spira “Defy the Ban” 10k run in el paso texas. Kimaiyo edged out countryman Isaac Kimaiyo by three seconds, finishing in 26:01.2, and smashing Haile Gebrselassie’s world’s fastest 10K record.

In September 2010, at the Singelloop in Utrecht, the Netherlands, Leonard Patrick Komon ran a world record for the 10-kilometre road race with a time of 26:44 minutes. Komon is a Kenyan long-distance runner and the current world record holder in the 10 kilometres and 15 km road races.

Lisbon (Portugal), March 21st, 2010 – Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea smashed the World Record in Half Marathon, clocking 58:23, and also the 20 km World Record (55:21) en route. Zersenay Tadese is an Eritrean long-distance track and road running athlete and currently holds the men’s half marathon world record.

Kenenisa Bekele set a new world record 8:04.35 mins for the two miles at the Norwich Union Grand Prix in Birmingham on Saturday 16 Feb, 2008. Kenenisa Bekele is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who holds the world record and Olympic record in both the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres events. He is the reigning Olympic champion in both events and also won the 2004 Olympic title over 10,000 m.

In January 2009, Mo Farah set a new British indoor record in the 3000 metres, breaking John Mayock’s record with a time of 7 minutes 40.99 seconds in Glasgow. Mo Farah  is a Somalia-born British international track and field athlete, and current 5000 m world champion.