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Ethiopia’s Dibaba Wins Women’s 10,000m

August 15, 2008 by Sandy Mitchell  
Filed under Sports Rumors

Dibaba

The track and field events (properly the Athletes events) began today in Beijing at the Bird’s Nest Stadium. One of the first races was the women’s 10,000m contest.

Two-time world champion, Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopa won the Gold Medal with a new Olympic time of 29:54.66. She was followed by Elvan Abeylegesse of Turkey for the Silver Medal.

Shalane Flanagan of the United States earned the Bronze Medal with a new American record time of 30:22.22. Hers is only the second medal ever awarded to an American in that event.

(photo © Newscom)

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4 Responses to “Ethiopia’s Dibaba Wins Women’s 10,000m”
  1. Elleni says:

    she is the best way to GOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  2. Minyahil says:

    Waw she has Wonderfull Finishing

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