dibaba 11 secs off women's 5k

[fencerfisher]

1 Tirunesh Dibaba ETH 14:35.67
2 Kim Smith NZL 15:15.22
3 Aheza Kiros ETH 15:18.25
4 Metcalfe Megan CAN 15:38.78
5 Lauren Fleshman USA 15:38.94
6 Amy Rudolph USA 15:41.29
7 Katie McGregor USA 15:42.54
8 Sara Slattery USA 15:43.13
9 Mary Cullen IRL 15:47.83
10 Genzebe Dibaba ETH 15:53.46
11 Rehima Kedir ETH 16:02.96
12 Renee Metivier-Baillie USA 16:13.61
13 Yimenashu Taye ETH 16:34.90
-- Marina Muncan SER DNF
-- Korene Hinds JAM DNF
-- Samia Akbar USA DNF

11ish seconds off the women's 5k record, and she was by herself. balls

[Samurai_Runner]

That's an incredible performance given the weather conditions. She should be breaking the WR this summer.

[pokerking55]

Amazing time considering the weather... And I want to say she closed in 63. Get her in the right race/conditions, and the WR could be hers.

[Achilles]

Amazing time considering the weather... And I want to say she closed in 63. Get her in the right race/conditions, and the WR could be hers.

Thats about how fast Bekele closed the mens race

[Dragonsoul]

Pretty great! Not sure where Tirunesh races next. She's raced only here. Meseret Defar won Carson 2 miles in world record, and will run in Oslo and Ostrava.

Not sure about those two races plans for them. Let's see what they do in early July in the big early July races: Athens, Zagreb, Paris, Lausanne, Rome, Sheffield, Podunk

[Prince]

11ish seconds off the women's 5k record, and she was by herself. vagina

Fixed

[Marrow2000]

That's amazing... I wonder if, in her current shape, she could tackle Wang Junxia's infamous 10,000 meter record, I think it's 29:30something.

Or, at least, she could be the 2nd sub 30 minute 10,000m runner. No one else has.

[Dragonsoul]

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