Ethiopia: Dibaba shatters 15km WR, Sihine takes gold in men’s 15km
 Tirunesh Dibaba en route to the 15km WR (Photo: IAAF) |
Tirunesh Dibaba shattered the women’s 15km world record in the Netherlands while her husband, Sileshi Sihine came in first in the men’s 15km. Both Dibaba and Sihine hail from Oromia; Dibaba from the Athletics Mecca, Arsi, and Sihine from Sheno. Arsi-Oromia has produced many of the elite long-distance athletes of the world: Kenenisa Bekele, Derartu Tulu, Haile Gebresellasie, the Dibaba sisters and Fatuma Roba, just to mention a few. Here’s the 15km report from IAAF.
Tirunesh Dibaba broke the World record* for 15 kilometres at the 26th edition of the Zevenheuvelenloop 15Km in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, today.
In her first road race since 2005, the 24-year-old Ethiopian, who is the reigning 5000m and 10,000m Olympic champion, clocked 46:28* to shatter the previous mark of 46:55 set by Kayoko Fukushi of Japan in 2006.
It was a double victory for Dibaba as her husband Sileshi Sihine, the two-time Olympic silver medallist in the 10,000m won the men’s race in 42:14. He outsprinted Ugandan Nicholas Kiprono who was credited with the same time to win here for the third time.
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Video: The 15km Race in Nijmegen, the Netherlands (EthioTube) |
Asked if she will run more often on the roads, Dibaba said, “I now can say I like the road but the track will still be my first goal.”
Sihine agreed with his wife. “It feels fine as you win as a couple. We have trained a lot together for this race. It was nice to do.”
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November 16, 2009 @ 3:24 am
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November 17, 2009 @ 1:01 pm
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