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Serhiy Lebid finished seventh in the 5,000 m at the 2000 Olympic Games, but did not qualify from his heat in the same event at the 2004 Olympics.
long-distance runner athletics competitor
Serhiy Lebid finished seventh in the 5,000 m at the 2000 Olympic Games, but did not qualify from his heat in the same event at the 2004 Olympics.
Lebid came third at the Great Manchester Run in May 2010. In October he was the best performing European at the Giro al Sas 10K in Trento as he finished third behind Edwin Soi and Wilson Busienei with a time of 28:48.3. This also extended his appearance record at the championships – he is the only athlete to have competed every year since the championships" creation in 1994.
A fourth-place finish at the Great Edinburgh Cross Country in January helped the Europeans to the team title, and he was the first European home at the Cross Internacional de San Sebastián with a third-place finish.
He returned to the Manchester 10K in May 2011 and came third behind Haile Gebrselassie and Chris Thompson. He took 10th place in the 2015 London Marathon with a time of 2:10:21.