The main photo above shows Tirunesh Dibaba leading her compatriot
Meseret Defar down the home straight in the womens 5,000m final at the
2005 World Championships in Helsinki. Ejegayehu, the younger sister of
Tirunesh, is the third athlete in view and the medals were won as the
above picture depicts. Meselech Melkamu finished in fourth place to
complete an Ethiopian 1-2-3-4. The inset photo shows the four Ethiopians
bunched together at the bell, with Ejegayehu tucked in behind sister
Tirunesh (204). It was the second bronze that Ejegayehu won at the
Championships, having won the 10000m bronze a week earlier. See below.
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Women's 5000m Final
2005 World Athletics Championships
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| 1. Tirunesh DIBABA |
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ETH |
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14: 38.59 |
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| 2. Meseret DEFAR |
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ETH |
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14: 39.54 |
| 3. Ejegayehu DIBABA |
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ETH |
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14: 42.47 |
| 4. Meselech MELKAMU |
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ETH |
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14: 43.47 |
| 5. Huina XING |
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CHN |
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14: 43.64 |
| 6. Zakia Mrisho MOHAMED |
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TAN |
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14: 43.87 |
| 7. Prisca Jepleting NGETICH |
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KEN |
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14: 44.00 |
| 8. Isabella OCHICHI |
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KEN |
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14: 45.14 |
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| Ejegayehu Dibaba is pictured above just behind fellow Ethiopian Berhane
Adere (200) and her older sister Tirunesh (204) in the final of the
womens 10,000m at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki. The younger
Dibaba won the bronze medal with Tirunesh winning gold and Adere silver,
meaning that Ethiopia completed a clean sweep of the medals. Ejegayehu
also won a bronze medal in the 5,000m (see next page) to complete a fine
championships. |
Photograph George Herringshaw. © 6th. August 2005.
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Women's 10,000m Final
2005 World Athletics Championships.
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| 1. Tirunesh DIBABA |
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30: 24.02 |
| 2. Berhane ADERE |
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30: 25.41 |
| 3. Ejagayehu DIBABA |
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ETH |
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30: 26.00 |
| 4. Huina XING |
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CHN |
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30: 27.18 |
| 5. Edith MASAI |
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30: 30.26 |
| 6. Werknesh KIDANE |
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ETH |
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30: 32.47 |
| 7. Yingjie SUN |
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CHN |
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30: 33.53 |
| 8. Galina BOGOMOLOVA |
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RUS |
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30: 33.75 |
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PERSONAL BEST TIMES.
3000 Metres 8:35.94 London 28 JUL 2006
5000 Metres 14:32.74 Bergen 11 JUN 2004
10,000 Metres 30:18.39 Sollentuna 28 JUN 2005
15 Kilometres 49:20 Chicago, IL 09 OCT 2011
20 Kilometres 1:05:48 Chicago, IL 09 OCT 2011
Half Marathon 1:09:25 Chicago, IL 09 OCT 2011
25 Kilometres 1:22:14 Chicago, IL 09 OCT 2011
30 Kilometres 1:39:19 Chicago, IL 09 OCT 2011
Marathon 2:22:09 Chicago, IL 09 OCT 2011
ANNUAL PROGRESS 5,000 metres.
2009 14:42.06 Oslo 03 JUL
2008 14:36.78 Oslo 06 JUN
2007 14:45.22 Oslo 15 JUN
2006 14:33.52 Oslo 02 JUN
2005 14:37.34 Bruxelles 26 AUG
2004 14:32.74 Bergen 11 JUN
2003 14:41.67 Roma 11 JUL
2002 15:56.03 Radés 06 AUG
2001 15:32.31 Yokohama 15 SEP
ANNUAL PROGRESS 10,000 metres.
2008 31:04.05 Ostrava 12 JUN
2007 31:18.97 Barakaldo 14 JUL
2005 30:18.39 Sollentuna 28 JUN
2004 30:24.98 Athína 27 AUG
2003 31:01.07 Paris Saint-Denis 23 AUG
2001 32:24.20 Brisbane 07 SEP