Dibaba Misses 5K World Record in Carlsbad 5000

 World indoor 3000m champion, Genzebe Dibaba, of Ethiopia took an impressive win at this Sunday's 'Carlsbad 5000' 5km road race. 

 

The world indoor record holder in 1500m, 3000m, 2-miles and 5000m, won the women's race with an impressive mark of 14.48 seconds, but missed Meseret Defar's 5km record by only 2 seconds. Dibaba's mark is the second fastest in the history. 

The following places in the race took Dibaba's teammates Gelete Burka and Wude Yimer, who clocked 15:13 and 15:18 respectively.

In the men's race, the US based Kenyan Lawi Lalang took the title with a finishing time of 13:32. Lalang's countryman Wilson Too came in second 13:35, while legendary Bernard Lagat (age 40) finished in third 13:40. With his mark Lagat has set a new world's masters record.

Leading Results

Women's Results:
01) 14:48 Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia)
02) 15:13 Gelete Burka (Ethiopia)
03) 15:18 Wude Yimer (Ethiopia)
04) 15:28 Susan Kuijken (The Netherlands)
05) 15:31 Betsy Saina (Kenya)
06) 15:36 Jessica O’Connell (Canada)
07) 15:40 Miyuki Uehara (Japan)
08) 15:48 Sarah Brown (USA)
09) 15:52 Morgan Uceny (USA)
10) 15:59 Juliet Bottorff (USA)


Men's Results:
01) 13:32 Lawi Lalang (Kenya)
02) 13:35 Wilson Too (Kenya)
03) 13:40 Bernard Lagat (USA)
04) 13:50 Sam Chelanga (Kenya)
05) 13:53 Joseph Kitur (Kenya)
06) 13:56 Diego Estrada (USA)
07) 13:59 Haron Lagat (Kenya)
08) 14:11 Ben St. Lawrence (Australia)
09) 14:13 Dan Lowry (USA)
10) 14:13 Andy Vernon (Great Britain)