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Ethiopia's longdistance track athlete Haile Gebrselassie won his first Olympic Gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Four years later, at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, he became the third man in history to successfully defend an Olympic 10,000 metres title. Relive the remarkable race from the 2000 Olympics with us here!

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