Bekele wins 5,000, completes distance double
Gold medalist Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia, silver medallist
Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya and bronze medallist Edwin Cheruiyot
Soi of Kenya pose during the medal ceremony for the men's
5000m final of the athletics competition in the National
Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 23, 2008
Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia gestures as he wins the men's
5000m final of the athletics competition in the National
Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 23, 2008
23 August, 2008
BEIJING - Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia has won the 5,000 meters in an Olympic record to complete a distance double at the Beijing Games.
Bekele, who had already successfully defended his 10,000 title, won Saturday's 5,000-meter final in 12 minutes, 57.82 seconds.
Kenyans won silver and bronze, with Eliud Kipchoge second in 13:02.80 and Edwin Cheryiyot Soi finishing third in 13:06.22.
World champion Bernard Lagat of the United States finished 9th.
It was the second double here for Ethiopia after Tirunesh Dibaba won an unprecedented women's 5,000-10,000 combination.
A three-time world champion at 10,000, Bekele just missed a double at the Athens 2004 Olympics when he got the 10,000 gold and finished second to Moroccan great Hicham El Guerrouj in the 5,000. - AP