Team Ethiopia

Meseret Defar of Ethiopia gestures after winning her women’s 5000m heat of the athletics competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in the National Stadium August 19, 2008.

Ethiopia seeks to sweep Women’s 5K Medals on Friday

Runner’s World magazine predicts a clean sweep for Ethiopia in the Women’s 5000m. The 10,000m winner in Beijing, Tirunesh Dibaba, seeks to become the first Ethiopian woman to double Gold in 10000m and 5000m while Meseret Defar seeks to defend her Olympic gold medal. Tirunesh Dibaba holds the world record in 5000m (14:11.15) which she broke in Oslo last June.

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