The Cause Of Decline The Result Of 5000m And 10000m Of Ethiopia At World Championship And Olympic Games In The Reference Of National Team Athletes

The purpose of this study is to examine the cause of decline result of Ethiopia at world championrnship and Olympic Games. The study involved sixty one athletes, tree coaches and one technicalrndirector of athletics federation. The major instruments in this study were questionnaire,rninterview, and field observation. The questionnaires were administered for both athletes and therncoach of national team. The questionnaire contained 20 items for athletes, and 14 items for therncoach to consolidate the information obtained from the questionnaire, structured interview wasrnconducted with technical directors of Ethiopian athletics federation and field observation wasrncarried out by researcher. A key finding related to among the cause of decline the result ofrnEthiopia at world championship and Olympic Games. There are good athletes and coach’srninterpersonal relationship, the majority of athletes responded that there is a mutual respect inrnbetween. There was less access of competition at national team. Most athletes change theirrnevents and give emphasis for road race. There were no well-organized supervision and follow uprnof athletics federation at training site. Training track at Addis Ababa stadium was not suitablernfor training. Most athletes of national team long distance were not attend the training regularly.rnThe effect of training at national team was well improving the performance of athletes. There isrnno nutrition expert at national team. To overcome these problems the followingrnrecommendations have been for warded. Athletics federation should make open discussion withrnathletes why they aren’t following the training regularly. Also must create wide opportunity forrnthem not to change their events to road race. Athletics federation must provide nutrition expertrnfor national team. Some repair should be needed for training track to make safe andrncomfortable. Equal chances of being selected must respected and appropriate and fair selectionrnshould be followed. More access of competition should be prepared for athletes ofrn5000m&10000m b/c the number of competition on track has been decreasing. Appropriaternincentive should prepare for athletes of national teams of long distance. Athletics federationrnmust make regular follow up and supervision for athletes of national team.rnKey words: - Athletics, Championship, Decline, Federation, National team, Olympic

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