OSAKA, Japan (AFP) - Kenenisa Bekele won his third straight 10,000 metre world title Monday with teammate Sileshi Sihine pacing him and finishing second in a dramatic victory for Ethiopia.
Japan-based Kenyan Martin Mathathi finished third as the Ethiopian duo overtook him at the start of the final lap in the 25-lap race and Bekele broke away from his teammate around the final bend.
The 25-year-old Bekele remains unbeaten in all his eight 10,000m races including the 2004 Athens Olympics.
He clocked 27min 05.90sec with Sihine at 27:09.03 and Mathathi at 27:12.7, short of his world record time of 26:17.53.
Zersenay Tadesse of Eritrea took an early lead closely trailed in his slipstream by Bekele sandwitched by Sihine and another teammate Gebre Gebremariam with Mathathi behind them.
The front pack thinned to nine halfway through.
Mathathi surged to the front just before 9,000m with Bekele and Shihine behind him while Tadesse started fading.
The Ethiopian duo chased Mathathi hard before they mounted their own duel in the final lap.
The result helped Bekele close on legendary compatriot Haile Gebrselassie's four successive 10,000m world crowns
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