[18] She also won the 5000 metres at the World Athletics Final.

As of 25 June 2017, her younger sister Genzebe holds the world record for 1500 metres, 2000 metres and the indoor world records for 1500 metres, one mile (pending ratification), 3000 metres, and 5000 metres. [63], After becoming pregnant with her first child, Dibaba announced on 5 November that she would skip the 2015 season. She streaked past favored Werknesh to take the 4km title at Ethiopia’s World Cross trials, and strode to a clear win in the junior World Cross in Lausanne. Tirunesh headed to Kenya undefeated in six career races over 10,000m from her debut in 2005 till her Beijing victory. )[68][65] The next 9 finishers each set an area record (Molly Huddle of the U.S.), a national record (Cheruiyot of Kenya, Sarah Lahti of Sweden, Diane Nukuri of Burundi), or a personal best.

. Sparks flew in the close finishes of each race, and Tirunesh prevailed in Paris, Rome and Brussels and won in Zurich in Meseret’s absence, remaining undefeated in 5 GL outings and guaranteeing a share of the jackpot. Dibaba said, "I was a bit tired after Paris and did not train well.

“Today was my first competition for so long, I have to be satisfied,” she told the IAAF website. On 15 November, Dibaba won the Zevenheuvelenloop 15 kilometres road race in Nijmegen, Netherlands in a world best time of 46:28. As NBC’s Boldon explains, “When the Dibabas come down to sea level—I’m not going to say it’s like Superman coming from Krypton, but it is a version of that.” There’s also the Ethiopian diet, with its reliance on the iron- and calcium-rich grain teff, and the typical Ethiopian body type, petite and narrow, which is ideal for the sport: Tirunesh is five feet three and 110 pounds; Genzebe is five feet five and 115 pounds. [59], Dibaba's final race of the season was the Great North Run in northern England on 15 September, where she was the defending champion. The sisters duck under the restaurant’s theatrical thatched straw canopies and take a table against the wall, smiling patiently as a young man approaches and asks for a photo. [12], Dibaba out-sprinted her sister Ejegayehu and Adere to win the 10,000 metres at the World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. She returned to racing on 31 December 2011 to win the 10 kilometre San Silvestre Vallecana Silver Label Road Race in Madrid, Spain by overcoming Gelete Burka in a sprint finish. But Tirunesh remained in contact and kicked ferociously on the final hill, successfully defending her title. ), World records, Olympic medals, world championships—the Dibabas’ accomplishments are unprecedented in this sport. I have matured and certainly am afraid of no one during competition."[12]. They are on two workouts a day until Rio. So when Tirunesh contested the Paris DL on 6 July, she turned on the burners and clocked the fastest time run since 2008, 14:23.68. She won with a finishing time of 30:26.67, with Gladys Cherono Kiprono of Kenya finishing second in 30:29.23 and Belaynesh Oljira finishing third. Dibaba also broke the Ethiopian national record (and her previous personal best) by 19 seconds. The pair battled again down the homestretch at the World Athletics Final, Tirunesh getting her revenge over 5000m in a photo finish and Meseret prevailing in the 3000. Gelete Burka finished in second (30:28.47) with Dibaba in third (30:28.53). They don’t remember the name of the clothier, “but one of the best,” Sihine says authoritatively.
I am no longer that little girl. Tirunesh had been ready to tackle the double she achieved in Helsinki in 2005 and Beijing in 2008 and missed accomplishing in London last year, but that dream looks to have been shelved. "[24] Tirunesh's 800 metre split times were: 2:13.7 - 2:19.0 (4:32.7 through 1600 metres) - 2:22.5 (6:55.2 through 2400 metres and 8:03.7 through 2800 metres) - 2:17.8 (9:13.0 through 3200 metres) - 2:15.4 (11:28.4 through 4000 metres)- 2:10.1 (13.38.5 though 4800 metres), with a last 200 metre split of 32.7. The ensuing workout is a series of 20 400-meter sprints, timed by a national team coach, who jots down intervals in red ballpoint on his palm.

Early in 2005 she smashed the World 5000m indoor record in Boston, her 14:32.93 taking nearly seven seconds off Berhane Adere’s mark. The abdominal pain continued to dog her afterwards. This made her the youngest athlete to win an individual gold medal at the World Championships. I would have liked to have broken the meet record.... Running alone is a bit tough. I am super excited to be going back to…” Older sister Ejegayehu (b. [49] Ethiopian Almaz Ayana finished second in a personal best of 14:25.84,[49] followed by countrywomen Gelete Burka, Sule Utura, and Buze Diriba. Genzebe is expected to win gold in Rio, while the other three are already Olympic medalists. Though its pedestrian pace yielded a tame finish, the 5000m final days later also saw Tirunesh and Abeylegesse climb to the top of the podium, with 2004 defending champion Meseret relegated to bronze. 2004 was a year of mixed results. Tirunesh's sister Ejegayehu Dibaba finished in sixth place in a time of 32:30.44, which was 35.03 seconds behind Tirunesh. Almaz Ayana won the Ethiopian Olympic Trials in Hengelo, Netherlands with the fastest time (30:07.00) since Meselech Melkamu's 29:53.8 finish time in June 2009, the seventh fastest time ever, and the fastest time ever for a 10,000 metres debut.
When asked whom she will cheer for if Tirunesh and Genzebe compete against each other in Rio in the 5,000 or 10,000, Tulu does not hesitate and squeezes Tirunesh’s shoulder. When I look back at the girls, they are doubled over laughing, the only animal in sight a weary pack mule trudging slowly across the horizon. From left: Sisters Ejegayehu, Genzebe, and Tirunesh Dibaba, all wearing Nike, and their cousin Derartu Tulu, in Adidas. I'm a bit disappointed.

[8] She began competing in athletics at the age of 14. In addition, her finish time was the second fastest 10,000 metres of all time and an African record. A "did not start" is treated as being absent from the race. That clocking was also trumped by Meseret, who ran a world-leading 30:08.06 in a solo run in Sollentuna, Sweden, setting up the prospect of intriguing clashes between the two rivals in Moscow. Mary Jepkosgei Keitany's winning finish time of 2:17:01 was a world record for a women-only marathon and was the second-fastest performance in history. Yet Ethiopia has the fastest-growing economy in sub-Saharan Africa, and Addis, with its ubiquitous eucalyptus-pole scaffolding and ragged blue construction tarps, is a riot of development. "[12], At the Reebok Boston Indoor Games in January, Dibaba set a world record in the 5000 meters with a finish time of 14:32.93.


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