Kenenisa Bekele Hard Quotations

I was expecting him to do what he did and go early, he's done it before so it didn't come as a surprise. It hurt - it was a hard race and he made me work with everything I had for the win.

There are many strong athletes and I'm sure they've trained harder this year. A lot of people would like to snatch these titles from me.

No victories are ever easy but today was the toughest. We've never finished this close. The course was very flat and fast, and it was very windy, so it was hard to drop the other competitors.

Yes it hurt, it was a hard race and he made me work with everything I had for the win.

Today's race was tough because of the wind. The wind made it hard to break away and I needed every ounce of strength to pull away from the other runners.