Dibaba races to new indoor 5,000m record

Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba set a new world indoor record for the women's 5,000 metres when she crossed the line in 14 minutes, 27.42 seconds at the Boston Indoor Games last weekend. Dibaba started the race cagily by hanging back in third position...

Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba set a new world indoor record for the women's 5,000 metres when she crossed the line in 14 minutes, 27.42 seconds at the Boston Indoor Games last weekend.

Dibaba started the race cagily by hanging back in third position through the first few laps, but she then began to stamp her authority on the field and lapped several other runners before powering to the finish.

The 21-year-old's new mark improved on her previous best time of 14 minutes, 32.93 seconds, set in Boston two years ago.

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