London, UK – Tirunesh Dibaba, Meseret Defar finished 1-2 in Heat 1, while fellow compatriot Gelete Burka won Heat 2 to advance to the final of the women’s 5,000m final on Friday.
Dibaba, who is chasing a second gold medal, edged out fellow compatriot and 2004 Athens gold medalist Meseret Defar to finish first.
Ethiopian-born Tejitu Daba and Shitaye Eshete, who are representing Bahrain, also qualified for the final.
Heat 1
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Rk |
Athlete |
Mark |
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1 |
DIBABA Tirunesh (Ethiopia) |
14:58.48 |
Q |
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2 |
DEFAR Meseret (Ethiopia) |
14:58.70 |
Q |
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3 |
KIBIWOT Viola Jelagat (Kenya) |
14:59.31 |
Q |
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4 |
GOLOVKINA Olga (Russia) |
15:05.26 |
Q |
PB |
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5 |
CULLEY Julie (USA) |
15:05.38 |
Q |
PB |
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6 |
DABA Tejitu (Ethiopia/Bahrain) |
15:05.59 |
q |
PB |
Heat 2
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Rk |
Athlete |
Mark |
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1 |
BURKA Gelete (Ethiopia) |
15:01.44 |
Q |
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2 |
CHERUIYOT Vivian Jepkemoi (Kenya) |
15:01.54 |
Q |
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3 |
KIPYEGO Sally Jepkosgei (Kenya) |
15:01.87 |
Q |
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4 |
BLEASDALE Julia (UK) |
15:02.00 |
Q |
PB |
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5 |
HUDDLE Molly (USA) |
15:02.26 |
Q |
SB |
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6 |
NAGOVITSYNA Yelena (Russia) |
15:02.80 |
q |
PB |
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7 |
PAVEY Joanne (UK) |
15:02.84 |
q |
SB |
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8 |
ESHETE Shitaye (Ethiopia/Bahrain) |
15:05.48 |
q |
PB |
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9 |
ROMAGNOLO Elena (Italy) |
15:06.38 |
q |
PB |
Oromo national ethio athlet t dibaba gona make history at london olympic again! Baby face destroyer dibaba is the real queen athlete of the century. Go dibaba our bloody sister, we are all behind you.