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Dragonsoul
08-21-2005, 03:02 PM
Here are the 2005 outdoor season results for the top Ethiopian Womens 5k/10k runners so far!

Tirunesh Dibaba
5000 m
15:45.0h ??? 2 NC Addis Ababa 8 May
14:32.42 SB (1) 1 Reebok New York NY 11 Jun
14:32.57 1 GGala Roma 8 Jul
14:50.98 1h1 WC Helsinki 10 Aug
14:38.59 1 WC Helsinki 13 Aug
14:51.77 1 Sheffield 21 Aug
10000 m
30:15.67 PB (1) 1 Folksam Sollentuna 28 Jun
30:24.02 1 WC Helsinki 6 Aug

Ejagayou Dibaba
5000 m
14:46.37 2 Reebok New York NY 11 Jun
14:38.07 SB (5) 5 GGala Roma 8 Jul
15:14.33 2h2 WC Helsinki 10 Aug
14:42.47 3 WC Helsinki 13 Aug
14:53.48 2 Sheffield Aug 21
10000 m
30:18.39 PB (2) 2 Folksam Sollentuna 28 Jun
30:26.00 3 WC Helsinki 6 Aug

Berhane Adere
3000 m
8:39.87 2 GP Doha 13 May
8:31.89 SB (4) 2 WK Zürich 19 Aug
5000 m
15:01.78 1 GSpike Ostrava 9 Jun
14:32.79 SB (2) 2 GGala Roma 8 Jul
10000 m
30:25.41 SB (4) 2 WC Helsinki 6 Aug

Werknesh Kidane
3000 m
8:36.39 PB (11) 2 Reebok New York NY 11 Jun
5000 m
15:45.0h ??? 3 NC Addis Ababa 8 May
15:04.22 SB (30) 16 GGala Roma 8 Jul
10000 m
32:50.6h 1 NC Addis Ababa 5 May
30:19.39 SB (3) 1 Jordan Stanford CA 29 May
30:32.47 6 WC Helsinki 6 Aug

Meseret Defar
3000 m
9:19.00A ??? 2 Addis Ababa 28 Apr
8:39.75 1 GP Doha 13 May
8:33.57 PB (5) 1 Reebok New York NY 11 Jun
5000 m
14:32.90 PB (3) 3 GGala Roma 8 Jul
15:13.52 1h2 WC Helsinki 10 Aug
14:39.54 2 WC Helsinki 13 Aug

Meselech Melkamu
3000 m
8:47.35 7 GP Doha 13 May
8:34.73 PB (7) 4 WK Zürich 19 Aug
5000 m
14:38.97 PB (6) 6 GGala Roma 8 Jul
14:51.49 2h1 WC Helsinki 10 Aug
14:43.47 4 WC Helsinki 13 Aug

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Those are the top six Ethiopian Women in the 5k/10k this year. There are other fast runners but I haven't listed their season races here. Who do you think is the better runner this season besides Tirunesh. Is it Defar or Adere? What do you think about comparing Ejagayou, Werknesh, and Melkamu?

Great results! So far these women have another meet, the World Athletics Final coming up. I don't think we'll see them in Linz, Brussels, Rieti, or Berlin before that though. Maybe! :)

jersey_guy
08-21-2005, 04:54 PM
Here are this year's top performers in 5000 and 10000m:

14:32.42 Tirunesh Dibaba ETH 01 10 1985 1 New York, NY 11 06 2005
14:32.79 Berhane Adere ETH 21 07 1973 2 Roma 08 07 2005
14:32.90 Meseret Defar ETH 19 11 1983 3 Roma 08 07 2005
14:37.20 Edith Masai KEN 04 04 1967 4 Roma 08 07 2005
14:38.07 Ejegayehu Dibaba ETH 21 03 1982 5 Roma 08 07 2005
14:38.97 Meselech Melkamu ETH 19 04 1985 6 Roma 08 07 2005
http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=O/ageGroup=N/season=2005/gender=W/discipline=5000/legal=A/index.html

30:15.67 Tirunesh Dibaba ETH 01 10 1985 1 Sollentuna 28 06 2005
30:18.39 Ejegayehu Dibaba ETH 21 03 1982 2 Sollentuna 28 06 2005
30:19.39 Werknesh Kidane ETH 21 11 1981 1 Palo Alto, CA 29 05 2005
30:25.41 Berhane Adere ETH 21 07 1973 2 Helsinki 06 08 2005
http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=O/ageGroup=N/season=2005/gender=W/discipline=10K/legal=A/index.html

It's really stunning how dominant one country can be at those two events.