Friday, August 15, 2008

Ethiopia's First Gold: Dibaba


Dibaba wins women's 10,000m title
Friday 15 August

Women's 10,000m final:

1 Tirunesh Dibaba (Eth) 29:54.66 Gold (Also look at Dibab's Biography)
2 Elvan Abeylegesse (Tur) 29:56.43 Silver

3 Shalane Flanagan (US) 30:22.22 Bronze

Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba won the women's 10,000m in a new Olympic record by beating Turkey's Elvan Abeylegesse in a thrilling battle in Beijing.

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