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Dibaba Commits to Great North Run

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RunnerSpace.com/RoadRacing   Aug 27th 2014, 1:33pm
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Tirunesh Dibaba To Duel With Edna Kiplagat At Great North Run

Published by IAAF on August 27, 2014

Tirunesh Dibaba, the Ethiopian who holds the world and Olympic 10,000m titles, will renew her keen rivalry with Kenya’s Edna Kiplagat when she lines up in the Bupa Great North Run, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Sunday 7 September.

Kiplagat ran her way into the record books in Moscow last summer as the first back to back winner of the IAAF World Championship women’s marathon title but had been beaten by Dibaba in a thrilling sprint finish in the 2012 Bupa Great North Run.

However, the tables were turned in the London Marathon in April this year. After Dibaba dropped a bottle at the 30km drinks station, Kiplagat pulled clear before winning the race.

Dibaba had to settle for third place in her debut marathon but returned to winning ways in the Bupa Great Manchester Run 10k in May. The 28-year-old has not raced since then but is getting ready for what promises to be another gripping head-to-head with Kiplagat.

The diminutive Ethiopian has been a trailblazer in women’s distance running for more than a decade now.



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