Awesome Bekele bags double for third time

KENENISA BEKELE maintained his stranglehold on cross-country running with another spectacular double at the world cross-country championships in Brussels.

The 21-year-old Ethiopian won the short course and long course titles for a third successive year in convincing fashion.

His fellow countryman, 19-year-old Gebre-egziab Gebremariam, took silver in both races and the African nation also claimed the bronze medals through Maregu Zewdie (short course) and Sileshi Sihine (long course). Ethiopia also won both team titles.