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  • Bekele, 26, raced home in an Olympic-record 12: 57.82 seconds to give Ethiopia a sweep of all four distance titles after Tirunesh Dibaba completed the women's double on Friday.

    All-American affairs: USA takes double gold in 400-meter relays 2008

  • Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba won her third world cross-country title, finishing the 5. 6-mile women's course in 25: 10.

    Hamm cruises, Liukin raises bar at Pacific Rim 2008

  • Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba became the first woman to win the 5,000-10,000 double.

    Bekele gets twofer with gold in 5,000 2008

  • The women's 5,000 turned into a sit-and-kick race, which was fine with Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia and Elvan Abeylegesse of Turkey, who reproduced their 1-2 finish in the 10,000.

    Bolt, Jamaica smash world record in 4x100 relay 2008

  • Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba, the 2003 outdoor world champion at just 18, took the bronze.

    USATODAY.com - Women's roundup: Felix advances 2004

  • Meseret Defar won the women's 3,000 meters, and fellow Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba won the women's 2 mile run.

    SI.com 2012

  • England were not ready for first Test against Pakistan, says Andy Flower Andy Flower has admitted a five-month break from Test cricket contributed to England's First Test humiliation Kenenisa Bekele and Tirunesh Dibaba, the reigning 5,000metres and 10,000m men's and women's Olympic champions, were among 35 athletes...

    Evening Standard - Home 2012

  • Deba's New York story began six years ago, when she arrived from the town of Asella, in the central region of Ethiopia that has produced so many giants of running, including Abebe Bikila, Haile Gebrselassie, Tirunesh Dibaba and Derartu Tulu.

    NYT > Home Page By JULIE BOSMAN 2011

  • Kenenisa Bekele and Tirunesh Dibaba, the reigning 5,000metres and 10,000m men's and women's Olympic champions, were today among 35 athletes indefinitely banned by Ethopia in a row over training.

    Evening Standard - Home 2012

  • Dibaba is the younger sister of Tirunesh Dibaba, the two-time Olympic gold medalist who ran away with the 5,000 in 14: 44.53.

    China Post Online - Taiwan , News , Taiwan newspaper 2010

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