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Yelena
Kanales dropped out just after 2,000 meters and Tirunesh (leading)
and Ejegayehu...
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...Dibaba
were on their own.
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In
fact, due to the wide range of abilities represented in the race,
most of the athletes...
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on their own most of the way. Above: Sharon Dickie.
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Melissa
Gulli, who was in Boston with her husband, Andrew Cook, and their
young daughter, did not finish the race.
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Tirunesh
Dibaba finished second in this race a year ago after getting...
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...outkicked
by Meseret Defar, who was running the 3,000 later in the meet.
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Ejegayehu
Dibaba, the elder of the two sisters, won the silver medal in the
10,000m...
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...at
last summer's Olympic Games. Above: Lauren Fleshman continues...
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...to
push the pace on her own.
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The
Dibaba sisters fell off world record pace in the third kilometer,
hitting 3K in 8:51.3...
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...but
Tirunesh was determined to get the record, and she picked up the
pace in the...
(above: Fleshman)
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...fourth
kilometer, hitting 4,000m in 11:46.2. She needed to run about 2:53
for the final kilometer to get the record.
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Though
she was no match for her sister in the final kilometer, Ejegayehu
Dibaba finished second in an excellent 14:58.25.
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There
was a huge Ethiopian contingent at the top of the homestretch, and
every time Dibaba went...
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...by
them, she got another burst of encouragement. It seemed to help,
as Tirunesh Dibaba...
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to be flying over the final few laps. She scorched the final kilometer
in about 2:46.
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Lauren
Fleshman works hard with a couple of laps to go.
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Sharon
Dickie finished fourth in 16:30.16.
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Tirunesh
Dibaba destroyed the world record, breaking it by more than six
seconds. She crossed the line in 14:32.93.
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