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Ethiopia's Meseret Defar, the defending champion, finished third (15: 44.12).
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Meseret Defar beat Ethiopian countrywoman Berhane Adere by 0.21 seconds to win the 3,000 in 9: 11.22.
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With a little more than 1,000 meters left, Defar and Ochichi began distancing themselves comfortably from the pack, the Kenyan leading by about a stride.
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Defar steadily stretched her lead to about 15 meters by the end.
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Ethiopia's Meseret Defar pulled away from Kenya's Isabella Ochichi in the final half-lap to win the Olympic 5,000 meters in 14 minutes, 45.65 seconds Monday.
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Defar, the 2004 world indoor champion in the 3,000, stayed just off Ochichi's right shoulder until unleashing a strong kick with about 200 meters left.
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Other winners on the day: Cameroon's Francoise Mbango Etone (women's triple jump), Lithuania's Virgilijus Alekna (men's discus, after Hungary's Robert Fazekas was disqualified), Britain's Kelly Holmes (women's 800) and Ethiopia's Meseret Defar (women's 5,000)
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The Kenyan only started running competitively in the 10,000 this year, but is already one of the favorites along with defending champion Linet Masai and Meseret Defar.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Defar finished fifth in the 10,000 two years ago, and won the 5,000 in 2007 before finishing third in that event in Berlin.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Kibet was second and Defar third, which gave the once-dominant Ethiopian women their only medal in the women's distance races here.
NYT > Global Home By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY 2011
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