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Monday, June 1, 1998 Published at 23:33 GMT 00:33 UK
Sport
Gebrselassie reclaims record
Gebrselassie left no doubts who was number 1
The Ethiopian athlete Haile Gebrselassie has reclaimed the world 10,000m record.
Running in the Netherlands, he finished in just over 26.22 - knocking more than five seconds off the previous record, set by the Kenyan Paul Tergat last year.
Gebrselassie - the reigning Olympic and world champion - warned afterwards he plans to put the record in an even safer place soon.
![[ image: The reigning champion insisted he was not fast enough]](/olmedia/100000/images/_104587_gebrselassie_running_after_the_finish_01-06-1998_ap_150.jpg) |
| The reigning champion insisted he was not fast enough |
"I woke up in the last kilometre," he added. "I did not realise I was not going fast enough but then I saw the time and I pushed a little harder."
Gebrselassie first broke the 10,000m record in 1995.
After improving the 10,000m and 5,000m records last season, he lost them both on one night last year in Brussels - Tergat claimed the 10,000m record and his arch-rival Daniel Komen of Kenya took the 5,000m mark.
"I lost everything and there was nothing I could do. Since then, I've been wanting to get those records back," said a smiling Gebrselassie after recapturing the 10,000 record at the Adriaan Paulen Memorial Grand Prix II meeting.
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