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Eritrean and Ethiopian runners fight at cross country race in Spain
April 3, 2011 · 29 Comments
PUNTA UMBRIA — During the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Punta Umbria, Spain, Eritrean athlete Samuel Tsegay, and his Ethiopian counterpart Abera Kuma, were involved in a fight during the final hundred meters of the race.
According to Spanish news agencies, Tsegay and Kuma first started displaying aggressive behavior towards one another around 11,900 meters of the race. The tipping point that ignited the brawl didn’t start till the final home stretch, when Kuma of Ethiopia deliberately started elbowing Tsegay and stepping on his shoes from behind, in order to prevent the Eritrean from sprinting to his full capacity. It was at this point when both competitors tripped and fell to the ground, and a infuriated Tesgay rising up to grab Kuma by his right leg and deliver blows to his adversary.
Although both competitors crossed the finish line, they were nevertheless disqualified. This incident has quickly gained notoriety throughout Europe and has prompted an investigation from IAAF officials.
Source: Madote | 3 April 2011
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By Sahra Farah
Tags: cross country, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fight, Spain
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Typical habeshas. Habeshas will be habeshas;)
Animals.
Look who is talking !!! lol
Check out this site and tell me who is animal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGsMiOLQWX4
quit your anti-Somalia bull. i dont see somalia websites insult somalilanders so stop the habit of insulting somalia.
hahahahahahaha thats a funny video, I do remember it was the Nairobi Reconcilation and they are still in the same venue discussing the same issues. Pink Chair Parliament brawl……funny people see the man with the big chair slam the other one……heheheheheheee
R u serious about this comment dude? A Somali is calling Ethiopians animals… lol
u idiot somalli u say animal habesha u r the one the ice age animals fighting killing ur bro 4 more than 2 decades
hey Somali, our people in somalia have been fighting eachother for 50 years. even today, millions in somalia are killing eachother
the habeshas are more civilized than us anyday
Somali is tripping, at least Habesha don't fight in every parliamentary meetings, every single mother event, every soccer tournament, every independence day celebrations, dont have 1000 regional administrations…
Habeshas are far better than Somalis of Somalia any day. You sick people go look at your own country.
Going back to the event here, we can tell it was the Ethiopian's fault and he got some good beating but he came back to win.
please either of you dont have to insult somalians or ethiopians.. you are entitled to give your point of view on certain issues… yes they are fighting yes they are habashi yes and yes… yacub i apologize if you been offended in any way…somalilander is right if he says somalians are fighting , this a fact but i dont agree with him showing somalians fighting each other.. we are of somali origin even if we are somalilanders as djibouti as well.
ethiopians are 70 percent muslims ,somalians are 99.99 percent so we dont dislike people unlike others.. we respect them because allah knows if our interest will be same
who said so 70 % of Ethiopian are Muslims. Are you sure you Know numbers/statistics very well? You should contact the nearby school if you really have any.
you made the biggest lie ever made by the living things.
Liar! Liar! Liar!
Ethiopia has 35% terrorists, I mean moslems
There are hundreds of thousands Somali and Eritrean refugees living in Ethiopia, raising children and running successful business.
You need to ask yourself why is everyone coming to Ethiopia, even though an Ethiopian is not safe in Eritrea or Somalia?
Ethiopian refugees are also in Somalia and Somaliland in the hundreds of thousands. They are all fleeing atrocities. Come to Hargeisa and it for your self, go to Bosaaso, etc.
Eritreans are self sufficient but Ethiopians are aid dependent, Somalis of Somalia only know fighting each others and Somalis of Somaliland are not recognized. No one is better than no one lets be releastic. Ethiopia has had 20 year of peace while Somalia has been fighting yet there are many fields Somalia is doing far better than Ethiopia, one been telecommunication, money transfer….etc.
Ethiopian airline is also the best in Africa and its also true Ethiopia has the most homeless people in East Africa.
What? Eritreans are self sufficient………..dont full ur self my bro we know each other well how come u say that its to shame for u!
take care of your internal turmoil foks!
look at you guys…as small incident as this one, has gotten you arguing about who is better and who is not……This is not how we African supposed to be thinking about….
It doesn't matter whether you are Ethiopian, Eritrean, or Somali….we have to admit that what these two guys did was absolutly wrong. they are runners…they are only supposed to run, not wrestle….
we all need to reflect back to our own community and condemn the improper and the wicked, that way we will build afoundation to live in harmoney with our fellow African and also kill the conscious and unconscious division put up on the mindset. I will leave you with a qoute from Bro. Malcolm X
"One day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding."
One_love, One nation….
do not make this blog as though it is a battle field. But we all Ethiopians, Somalis & Eritreans are among the poorest poeple in the world… please u all work hard than insulting each other… & there is one common name for us that is humanity…..we all are humans….so please love and respect every one as the Bible & Koran says….do ur best to change and be wise. God Bless u alll.
Its shameful that they fighting in a different country infront of white people this is crazy, This guys are africans and black i don't care whether they from Ethiopia or Eritrea in the eyes of the whites people this folks are black. We don't need to charge and jump into conclusion and plus lets not bring Somali bc it has nothing to do with whats happened here. I personally wish they respected one another and don't bring hate to this sports event.
very fantastic to have such people on the ground of racing. IAAF World Cross Country Championships should to stop Ethiopia and Eriteria fro more race in a period.
Dahir
I appreciated your comment that it’s shameful to act in front of the whites like this. Yes they will not have sympathy for the wrong character displayed, rather they will start to calculate how they can benefit out of our own stupidity, that is smart of them. Its our own problem, that lead us to knell down for support or their jury.
I appreciated your point its shame to be looked at by the whites, I don't think viewers will sympathies on the act these guys. Rather will laugh as usual ….at us all. nice point.
Let all be smart and get out of our poverty, and show that how important we are to the world like our Asian friends does. We are all Africans and we need to fight our common enemy poverty!
Let all declare that its Time For Africa!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbxfKavcCdA
very funny video thanks hahahaha everyone is slapping and punching the Ethiopian runners, they just run away if that was a Somali he would stop and say F the finish line let me kill him first.
such kind of conflicts are common,it is a healthy conflict .do not try to poleticised it please becouse the two country people are brothers .
it doesn`t mean a war of countries if two or more peopele fight for their profit,what we need is to realize in what way we have to get it.
please all, live for yourself. in order to make your businesses do not talk about countries that does not concern you. If you are an Ethiopian talk about its history, changes and all mechanisms that will help the country develop, and the same is true for all nations.
And do not insult by saying HABESHA, HABESHA HABESHA……, please because it is special in all aspects over all Africa.
Politics is one thing, Sport is another thing. We the people of JSL loves and respect the Brotherly people of Horn'd Africa. All Nations, and all people; Djibouti,SomaliLand,Somalia,Eritrea,Oromia,Ogadenia,Habesia etc.
Stop the Poltics,and Shamefull the b@@ talking.
Politics is one thing, Sport is another thing. We the people of JSL loves and respect the Brotherly people of Horn'd Africa. All Nations, and all people; Djibouti,SomaliLand,Somalia,Eritrea,Oromia,Ogadenia,Habesia etc.
Stop the Poltics,and Shamefull b@@ talking.
This is an unbelievable shame>>>>, it just shows how far we have to travel to become civilized, this is just a joke, at least Ethiopia had an election, look at Erithrea and their stupid president acting like Gadaafi and sponsoring terrorism.