But he relieved Haile Gebreselassie of his Olympic 10, 000m crown and his 5, 000m and 10, 000m world records.
Record-breaking distance runner Haile Gebrselassie competed for the first time and went on to take the men's title.
On Sunday, a memorial service for the couple was held at Haile Parish Church where they regularly attended.
Theron will be joined in Cape Town by England football star David Beckham and Ethiopian athletics legend Haile Gebrselassie.
Double Olympic champion Haile Gebrselassie failed to finish after suffering an asthma attack.
Laura Ipsen, Vice President, Public Sector, for Microsoft and Sahlu Haile, Regional Advisor for Sub-Saharan Africa, Packard Foundation .
In 1974, Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia was deposed in an army coup.
Garrett believes that the Haile Mine is a unique asset and could become an industry-leading mine sooner rather than later.
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Locals are familiar with the Haile Mine as gold was first discovered there in 1827, during the Carolina Gold Rush.
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The current mark of two hours three minutes 59 seconds was set by Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie in Berlin in September 2008.
Kenya's Martin Lel won the men's race in an upset for favourites Haile Gebrselassie and reigning world marathon record holder Paul Tergat.
The couple were members of the local over-60s group and the Haile Parochial Church Council, and were heavily involved in village life.
Haile is a percussionist that can listen to live players, analyze their music in real-time and improvise with music of its own.
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Haile Gebrselassie will show up for a shorter race, but as an asthmatic, he says he will not risk running the marathon.
Meanwhile, two-time Olympic champion Haile Gebrselassie broke the seldom-attempted one-hour world record.
Abune Paulos, who died aged 76, had been the Orthodox Church head since 1992, following the overthrow of the Mengistu Haile Mariam regime.
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Ethiopia's former leader Mengistu Haile Mariam has been granted permanent residence in Zimbabwe - his home since he fled Addis Ababa in 1991.
Last year, Ethiopian athlete Haile Gebrselassie won the men's race for a fifth time, while the women's race was won by Kenyan Linet Masai.
The Haile Mine currently holds measured resources of 2.125 million ounces of gold and 1.914 million ounces indicated for a total of 4.039 million ounces.
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Marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie can run a mile in an astonishing four minutes, 45 seconds, and repeat the performance 26 times in a row.
"You get incredibly good answers and substantive deep questions from people you respect, " Mr. Haile said, citing advice he's found from entrepreneurs about how to keep costs down.
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Haile Gebrselassie poses for photographs afterwards with the media, who have abandoned their usual cynicism in favour of unadulterated fawning in front of the greatest distance runner of all time.
From Libya's Muammar Gaddafi to Ethiopia's Mengistu Haile Mariam, men in uniform became heads of state and correspondents could cover up to 29 coups in a lifetime during the 20th Century.
Co-produced by Terrence Malick and directed by the British documentarian Leslie Woodhead, this is a serious and surging account of the life and times of the Ethiopian track star Haile Gebrselassie.
South Africa's Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron brought a touch of Hollywood glamour to proceedings, alongside England midfielder David Beckham, Ethiopian athletics legend Haile Gebrselassie and Springboks rugby union captain John Smit.
He has been serving as archbishop of the church in Jerusalem and has lived abroad for more than 30 years, first going into exile after the coup led by Mengistu Haile Mariam in 1974.
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The top 15 lifetime money winners in distance running were all born in Africa, including Ethiopia's Haile Gebreselasie, considered the most talented distance runner in history and the former world record holder in the marathon.
Earlier in the day, marathon world record-holder Haile Gebrselassie, 35, will hope to triumph in the Great Manchester Run, an event which he won in 2005 in a then-record time of 27 minutes 25 seconds.
The fact Bikila -- who served as a bodyguard for Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie in his day job -- chose to run without shoes only added to the impression that he was not to be taken seriously.
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