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Fantu Worku

Fantu Worku

Ethiopian middle-distance runner

This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by her given name, Fantu, and not as Worku.

Fantu Worku Taye (born 29 March 1999) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner specialising in the 1500 metres.[1] She won the silver medal at the 2016 World U20 Championships. She represented her country at the 2017 World Championships narrowly missing the semifinals.

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At the 2018 Anniversary Games in London, she stopped racing half a lap early after sprinting to first place, mistaking the quarter mile line as the finish line and then proceeding to stop running once crossing it. [2]

International competitions

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References

  1. [1]
    Fantu Worku at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  2. [2]
    "Video of early finish". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  3. [3]
    "Profile of Fantu WORKU | All". Athletics.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-05. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
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