Dibaba Sets 3000m WR 8:16.60
Thursday, 06 February 2014
For the second consecutive week, Ethiopian superstar, Genzebe Diababa, set another world record; this time in 3000m indoors of 8:16.60 at the XL Galan indoor meeting in Stockholm, Sweden.
After "rabbits" dropped off at 1000m (2:48) Dibaba took the lead with a relaxed stride and kept working her way towards the world record.
With a massive kick over the last 200m the 23-year Ethiopian literally destroyed the previous record of 8:23.72 by Meseret Defar by almost 7 seconds.
Last week Defar set the 1500m world indoor record of 3:55.17.
| W 3000 m 2014-02-06 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Genzebe Dibaba | 91 | ETH | 8:16.60 | WR | ||
| 2 | Hellen Obiri | 89 | KEN | 8:29.99 | PB | ||
| 3 | Irene Jelagat | 88 | KEN | 8:40.75 | |||
| 4 | Viola Kibiwott | 83 | KEN | 8:43.42 | PB | ||
| 5 | Almaz Ayana | 91 | ETH | 8:43.47 | PB | ||
| 6 | Senbera Teferi | 95 | ETH | 8:47.94 | |||
| 7 | Alia Mohamed Saeed | 91 | UAE | 8:48.27 | PB | ||
| 8 | Lydia Chepkurui | 84 | KEN | 8:55.21 | |||
| 9 | Sofia Ennaoui | 95 | POL | 9:06.27 | PB | ||
| 10 | Svetlana Kireyeva | 87 | RUS | 9:10.64 | |||
| 11 | Sonja Roman | 79 | SLO | 9:12.17 | |||
| Anna Rostkowska (pace) | 80 | POL | DNF |
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