Dibaba Wins 10,000m and Makes History by Winning 5 World Championship titles on Track
Posted by: Watch Athletics
Sunday, 11 August 2013
World Distance Running Queen, Tirunesh Dibaba,
of Ethiopia with a massive kick of 59 seconds over the last lap, won her 3rd 10000m world championship title in Moscow. She has now won total of 5 world titles on the track - 2 in 5000m and 3 in 10000m. No other
distance runner in the world has done it.
Second place took Kenyan Gladys Cherono 30:45.17and 3rd place took Belaynesh Oljira of Ethiopia 30:46.98. Hitomi Niiya of Japan, who led the most of the race up until last 500m faded to 5th place in the final lap, but ran a brilliant pr of 30:56.7.
Final Results
|
1 |
Tirunesh Dibaba |  ETH |
30:43.35 | |
| 2 | Gladys Cherono |  KEN |
30:45.17 | |
| 3 | Belaynesh Oljira | ETH |
30:46.98 | |
| 4 | Emily Chebet | KEN |
30:47.02 | PB |
| 5 | Hitomi Niiya |  JPN |
30:56.70 | PB |
| 6 | Shitaye Eshete |  BRN |
31:13.79 | SB |
| 7 | Selly Chepyego Kaptich | KEN |
31:22.11 | PB |
| 8 | Shalane Flanagan |  USA |
31:34.83 | |
| 9 | Ababel Yeshaneh | ETH |
32:02.09 | |
| 10 | Christelle Daunay |  FRA |
32:04.44 | SB |
| 11 | Marisol Romero |  MEX |
32:16.36 | |
| 12 | Jordan Hasay | USA |
32:17.93 | |
| 13 | Ana Dulce Félix |  POR |
32:36.73 | |
| 14 | Amy Hastings | USA |
32:51.19 | |
| 15 | Karolina Jarzynska |  POL |
32:54.15 | |
| 16 | Juliet Chekwel |  UGA |
32:57.02 | NR |
| 17 | Gulshat Fazlitdinova |  RUS |
33:31.49 | |
| Sabrina Mockenhaupt |  GER |
DNF | ||
| Lara Tamsett |  AUS |
DNF |
