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An Inevitable showdown between Dibaba and Defar on Aug 22
Updated: 2008-08-19 20:54:51
(BEIJING, August 19) -- Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia, the Women's 10000m gold medalist in Beijing, cruised into the Women's 5000m final by finishing first in heat one of round one in a time of 15:09.89.
Defending Olympic champion Meseret Defar has also qualified for the final by clocking the fastest time in heat two of round one in 14:56.32.
Among the finalists are Beijing 2008 Women's 10000m silver medalist Elvan Abeylegesse of Turkey (an Oromo by birth too), 2007 World Championships silver medalist Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya, and Beijing 2008 Women's 3000m Steeplechase gold medalist Gulnara Galkina-Samitova of Russia.
Click here for a full list of the finalists in the Women’s 5000m