Kenenisa Bekele shows his delight at
successfully defending his Olympic 10,000m title in the Bird's Nest.

Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele successfully defended the Olympic 10,000m title in a competition-record time on early Sunday, leading teammate Sileshi Sihine home in an Ethiopian quinella.  

Bekele hit the front 450m from the finish and crossed the line in 27min 1.17sec to beat the record he set four years ago.  

Sihine, who was second at the Athens Olympics and at the past two world championships, took silver in 27min 02.77sec.

Bekele has said he hopes to race the 5,000 metres but would decide after Sunday's race.

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