![]() ![]() Gebrselassie's management team said he was ending his 23-year competitive career to focus on his array of businesses at home, but he will appear once more in 2015, at the Great Scottish Run in Glasgow in October as part of his "farewell tour." "I am retiring from competitive running, not from running," Gebrselassie said in a statement after the race, where he finished 16th among the top men. ![]() And to underline his desire to keep going, he ran the 10-kilometre course a second time with the amateur runners just for fun. The 42-year-old Ethiopian great, a two-time Olympic champion at 10,000 metres and a multiple world-record holder at distances up to the marathon, announced his decision to retire on Sunday after competing in the Great Manchester Run. ![]() Haile Gebrselassie isn't going to stop running, he's just going to stop racing. ![]()
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