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Ethiopia is well-prepared to win more than four medals at the Paris 2024 Olympics and write a new chapter in the country's athletics history, a senior official of the Ethiopian Olympic Committee said.
Briefing the media in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, Ashebir Woldegiorgis, president of the Ethiopian Olympic Committee, said top-performing athletes are leaving for Paris to pick up scores of gold medals from the event.
"We are leaving for Paris to grab as many gold medals in the marathon, 10,000m, 5,000m, and 3,000m steeplechase among other events. We are not going there to lose," said Woldegiorgis in an interview with Xinhua after the briefing.
Besides athletics, Ethiopia will also take part in swimming and boxing, among others. Kenenisa Bekele, former world record holder in both 5,000m and 10,000m and Olympic gold medalist at Beijing 2008, will represent the East African country in marathon at the upcoming Olympics. According to the president, the women's marathon event will feature world record-holder Tigist Assefa and three other famous athletes.
Selemon Barega will defend his 10,000m title and also compete in the 5,000m event, while current women's world record holder for 5,000m Gudaf Tsegay will enter both the women's 5,000m and 10,000m races in Paris.
World record holder Lamecha Girma, along with three others, will compete in the 3,000m steeplechase after securing silver in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
"We are ready to win. We have made good preparations," Woldegiorgis told Xinhua, noting that it won't be easy to compete with athletes coming from all over the world.
Ethiopia won four medals, including one gold, at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The president said this time confidence is high and Ethiopia will by far, surpass its four medals earned at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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