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Carrie
Tollefson takes over the lead in the 1,500m.
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Tollefson
begins to pull away from the field...
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...but
Carmen Douma managed to chase her down and win 4:11.71 to 4:12.00.
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Shalane
Flanagan (4th, 4:13.55) and Sally Hauser (5th, 4:13.66).
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Flanagan
will next compete at the USA Cross Country Championships in Indianapolis.
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Miesha
Marzell-Arnold finished 11th in 4:20.78.
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The
5,000m race featured two Russian pacesetters...
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...four
Ethiopians...
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...and
one Brit.
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Kathy
Butler is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and still trains
in the U.S.
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Lirisa
Michaileva (right) and Lyubov Kremleva set the pace for a world
record attempt.
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As
the only runner in the race not going after the World Record, Butler
got caught in no-(wo)man's land.
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Derartu
Tulu leads her 18-year-old cousin Tirunesh Dibaba, Meseret Defar
and Sentayehu Ejigu.
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Butler
runs on her own.
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Defar
leads Ejigu.
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Tulu
is a two-time Olympic gold medalist at 10,000m.
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Dibaba
sets the pace.
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Defar
moves up on Dibaba's shoulder...
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...and
into the lead. The world record had gotten tougher earlier in the
day...
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...with
Berhane Adere setting a new record of 14:39.29 in Stuttgart.
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The
record was not to be, but it was an exciting four-woman race with
Defar using a furious last-lap...
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...sprint
to win in 14:53.14 over Dibaba (14:53.99), Tulu (14:54.73) and Ejigu
(14:58.85).
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Kathy
Butler finished fifth in 15:41.13.
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The
crowd goes wild as Defar sprints to the finish.
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Ejigu
and Dibaba do a victory lap.
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