Two-time world indoor champion Genzebe Dibaba narrowly missed out on breaking the world best at the Carlsbad 5000, but her winning time of 14:48 was the second-fastest ever recorded for 5km on the roads.
The 24-year-old owns the fastest times in history across four distances indoors, and had been hoping to add another mark to her growing collection. Just like three of her indoor record-breaking performances, she was targeting a time that had been set by Meseret Defar. The two-time Olympic champion ran 14:46 on this course in 2006.
Burka, the 2006 world cross-country champion and 2008 world indoor 1500m champion, finished second in 15:13, taking 13 seconds off the PB she set when winning in Carlsbad two years ago.
Ayalew, the 2009 world 10,000m bronze medalist, also set a PB, clocking 15:18 in third place. It was just the second time in the 30-year history of the Carlsbad 5000 that Ethiopians had swept the podium positions in the women’s race.
Source:- IAAF
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