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mekonnen at the 2010 world indoor championships 1500 metres , mile sheno , ethiopia 250 '' ` mile '' ' : 3:48.95 ' 1500 metres '' ' : 3:32.26 '' track 20 october 1987 deresse mekonnen doha 2010.jpg deresse mekonnen
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deresse mekonnen tsigu -lrb- amharic : ደረሠ መኮንነን ; born 20 october 1987 -rrb- is an ethiopian middle distance runner , who specializes in the 1500 metres .
he is a two-time world indoor champion and was the silver medallist at the 2009 world championships .
he represented ethiopia in the event at the 2008 beijing olympics and holds the ethiopian record for the mile run .
