Above: Double Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba, pictured
here at the 3rd Annual Reebok Grand Prix in New York two
years ago, will not participate in the 5000m competition at
the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin due to
injury. She had already pulled out of the 10000m race last
weekend (Photo: Tadias Magazine).

AFP
By Luke Phillips
Wednesday, August 19, 2009

BERLIN — Ethiopian world medal hopes were dealt a further blow Wednesday when Olympic champion and world recorder holder Tirunesh Dibaba pulled out of the women’s 5000m here. Read more.

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Tirunesh Dibaba Takes Second at 2009 Reebok Grand
Prix in New York

Tadias Magazine
By Tadias Staff

Published: Sunday, May 31, 2009

New York (Tadias) – Ethiopian double Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba, who headlined one of the many high powered competitions at the Reebok Grand Prix in New York City on 30 May, finished second in the Women 5000 meter run. Linet Masai of Kenya was first.

Dibaba was challenged by, among others, Genzebe Dibaba, her younger sister who came in third, and Kim Smith from New Zealand, the national record holder at 5000 and 10,000m.

The Reebok Grand Prix is the fourth stop of USA Track & Field’s Visa Championship Series and it was held at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island.

Here are the top five results for Women 5000 meter run
1. Linet Masai (Kenya) at 14:35.39A
2 Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia ) at 14:40.93A
3 Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia ) at 15:00.79
4 Kim Smith (New Zealand ) at 15:26.00
5 Jen Rhines (United States) at 15:32.39

Press Conference Tirunesh Dibaba and Kim Smith – 2009 Reebok Grand Prix2009 Reebok Grand Prix PreviewTadias photos from the 2007 Reebok Grand Prix in New York