But this time, he knew the preparations would not be easy since he had to take care of his pregnant wife, who was having trouble sleeping at night. “I think I made a huge mistake today,” he said before explaining everything to her.īelayneh only had four weeks before he had to prove himself at the Rotterdam Marathon.
When his eight months pregnant wife was about to ask him how the dinner went, she read his face that there was something wrong. If a soldier promises to the people, he should deliver. It will be all over the media tomorrow morning. “Journalists were writing down your pledge. Then he said something that left Belayneh more anxious. Breaking a marathon record is difficult,” Abebe told him. “If I were you, I would not promise this. He said, “I will bring the marathon record back.” The hall erupted with joy for Belayneh’s optimism while journalists were frantically wrote down his words. He was asked if he has anything to promise to the public. Having been promoted to the rank of lieutenant that same night, a proud Belayneh took the stage. At the end of the ceremony, the stage announcer encouraged the athletes to come forward and say few words. The country’s top military officers, government officials and journalists gathered to honour emerging marathoner Belayneh Dinsamo and long distance runner Abebe Mekonnen.
In 1988, a formal dinner was held in Addis Ababa. EBR Adjunct Writer Abiy Wondifraw spoke with him about his victory in Rotterdam in 1988 and his disappointment about not running in the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. Belayneh held this world record for 10 years, the third longest span without the record being broken since the event was organized at the 1896 Olympics.
Although he won many tournaments since his first international marathon in Japan in 1986, none of them compare to Belayneh’s victory in Rotterdam in 1988, where he broke the world record with a finishing time of 2:06.50. Born in 1965, Belayneh Densamo is one of Ethiopia‘s legendary
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