Kenenisa Bekele, a world & Olympic 5,000m and 10,000m champion, has announced that he plans to return to professional racing, according to EthioSports.com.
Bekele's dry spell came thanks to a muscle injury suffered after competition in Berlin, the article states.
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On the other side of the globe, marathoner Ryan Hall chose the same week to announce another type of comeback attempt -- this one being of a nationalistic nature. Hall will make another attempt to become the first American winner of the Boston Marathon in decades.
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