Meseret Defar of Ethiopia broke the women’s 5000-meter indoor world record
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Meseret Defar of Ethiopia has broken the women’s 5,000-meter indoor world record by more than three seconds at the GE Gala meet.
Defar was timed in 14 minutes, 24.37 seconds Wednesday night. Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia set the previous record of 14:27.42 in 2007.
Defar benefited from an excellent pace and was between two and three seconds under Dibaba’s split times throughout the race. During the final laps, many of the fans at the sold out arena stood to cheer her on.
With the win, Defar extended her unbeaten indoor streak to 18 races. She has not lost indoors since March 2003.
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