From Inside the Games
Derartu Tulu, the first black African woman to win an Olympic gold medal, has been officially nominated as the permanent President of the Ethiopian Athletics Federation (EAF).
The 1992 Olympic 10,000 metres champion has been serving as Interim President since November 2018.
Tulu stepped in when double Olympic 10,000m gold medallist Haile Gebrselassie stood down two-years into a four-year term
Gebrselassie announced his resignation, citing “irreconcilable differences”, a day after a group of athletes protested in Sululta, south of the capital Addis Ababa, over a lack of facilities and services from the Federation.
Like Gebrselassie, the 48-year-old Tulu is a two-time Olympic 10,000m champion.
Her first victory in Barcelona entered Olympic legend when she beat Elena Meyer in an iconic race at South Africa’s first Games appearance since the end of apartheid.
Then, eight years later in Sydney, Tulu won her second title before returning at Athens 2004 to win a bronze medal.
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