Tirunesh is pictured above during the 2006 Grand Prix Final in Stuttgart.
In an incredible finish to the 5000m she pipped her fellow Ethiopian Meseret Defar
by just 1 hundredth of a second. The photo above is during the 3000m and it was
the same two athletes who contested another close finish, Defar turning the tables
on Dibaba by .52 of a second. A week later Tirunesh represented Africa in the
World Cup and enjoyed a comfortable victory in the 3000m.
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Women's 3000m.
2006 Grand Prix Final.
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| 1. Meseret Defar |
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ETH |
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8: 34.22 |
| 2. Tirunesh Dibaba |
|
ETH |
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8: 34.74 |
| 3. Vivian Cheruiyot |
|
KEN |
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8: 38.86 |
| 4. Ines Chenonge |
|
KEN |
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8: 39.29 |
| 5. Sylvia Chibiwott Kibet |
|
KEN |
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8: 40.09 |
| 6. Gelete Burika Bati |
|
ETH |
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8: 41.22 |
| 7. Joanne Pavey |
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GBR |
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8: 41.56 |
| 8. Eloise Wellings |
|
AUS |
|
8: 46.17 |
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Women's 5000m.
2006 Grand Prix Final.
|
| 1. Tirunesh Dibaba |
|
ETH |
|
16: 04.77 |
| 2. Meseret Defar |
|
ETH |
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16: 04.78 |
| 3. Isabella Ochichi |
|
KEN |
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16: 07.39 |
| 4. Ejegayehu Dibaba |
|
ETH |
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16: 07.87 |
| 5. Vivian Cheruiyot |
|
KEN |
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16: 07.95 |
| 6. Meselech Melkamu |
|
ETH |
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16: 08.03 |
| 7. Edith Masai |
|
KEN |
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16: 08.56 |
| 8. Mestawet Tufa |
|
ETH |
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16: 09.29 |
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Women's 3000m.
2006 World Cup.
|
| 1. Tirunesh Dibaba |
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AFR |
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8: 33.78 |
| 2. Lidia Chojecka |
|
POL |
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8: 39.69 |
| 3. Kara Goucher |
|
USA |
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8: 41.42 |
| 4. Eloise Wellings |
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OCE |
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8: 41.78 |
| 5. Kayoko Fukushi |
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ASI |
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8: 44.58 |
| 6. Krisztina Papp |
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EUR |
|
8: 51.15 |
| 7. Yuliya Chizhenko |
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RUS |
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8: 59.67 |
| 8. Maria Protopappa |
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GRE |
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9: 00.15 |
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