Tirunesh Dibaba seemed to have the best shot at the record. Her last race in the U.S., the Reebok Boston Indoor Games...
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... in February, produced a 5,000m world indoor record of 14:32.93.
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Tirunesh and Ejegayehu took turns setting the pace.
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Though the weather had cooled off a bit by the time of the women's 5,000...
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...the weather was still too hot and humid to be conducive to record times.
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