The women were lucky, however, that they ran when they did, because shortly after the meet ended, Icahn Stadium got nailed...
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...with a spectacular thunderstorm.
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At 2,600 meters, there was still a group of three Ejegayehu Dibaba, Tirunesh Dibaba, and Sentayehu Ejigu up front.
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Ejegayehu, 23, is the elder of the Dibaba sisters. She won an Olympic silver medal in the 10,000 last summer in Athens.
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