Berihun Webee is Israel's reigning half marathon champion, the Aluf Yisrael for 2008, and currently the fastest half-marathoner in Israel. He's training to achieve the Olympic-qualifying standard for the marathon and represent Israel in the London Olympics in 2012. His results speak for themselves, and a look at the all-time Israeli record books reveals the following:
In the half marathon Berihun is the fastest half marathoner in the country right now. While there are three active runners, Haile Setayin, Vodage Zvadya, and Asaf Bimro who have run faster times in their careers, none of them have set personal records in the past eight years, indicating that they are currently on the downside of their careers and Berihun is the future in Israeli distance running.
http://www.iaa.co.il/index.php?uri=/top_50_all_times/display/69
In the 5000m, the all-time Israeli performance list again has Berihun trailing only Olympians Setayin and Itai Meggidi, former All-American at Texas Tech University Gezachw Yossef, Zvadya, and Mukat Derebe.
http://www.iaa.co.il/index.php?uri=/top_50_all_times/display/67
In the 10000m, the current runners with personal records faster than Berihun are Setayin and Zvadya from races in the mid-1990's, Meggidi, Yossef, and Tesma Mugesse.
http://www.iaa.co.il/index.
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