Bekele picked up two golds last year
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Ethiopia's double world
cross country champion Kenenisa Bekele will defend his titles
in Switzerland this weekend.
There had been question marks over the 20-year-old's fitness but Kenya's national athletics
coach confirmed on Monday that Bekele would run in Lausanne.
"Kenenisa has been suffering from a deficiency of
haemoglobin in his blood which may have been caused by
exhaustion or excess participation in races," said Woldemeskel Kostre.
"He has fully recovered and is ready to participate in the
men's races this weekend."
Bekele made history in Dublin last year when he became the
first man to win both the long (12km) and short (4km)
course world titles.
But the haemoglobin deficiency caused him to miss the Ethiopian national championships earlier this
month and he only resumed training on 8 March.
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