Haile Gebrselassie to receive AIMS lifetime achievement award

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The Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) has named Haile Gebrselassie as the recipient of its lifetime achievement award in 2016.

The Ethiopian long distance great’s many successes will be recognised at the fourth annual AIMS Best Marathon Runner awards dinner reception to be held in Athens, Greece on November 11 on behalf of the AIMS members who represent more than 410 of the world’s leading and most prestigious races from 110 countries and territories. That includes the BMW Berlin Marathon, a race which Gebrselassie famously won on four consecutive occasions between 2006 and 2009, setting world …

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