Ethiopia's Mare Dibaba celebrates winning the women's marathon at the IAAF World Championships on Sunday in Beijing. Photo: IC
Ethiopia's Mare Dibaba won the -women's marathon at the world -athletics championships after a thrilling sprint finish along the home straight of the
Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing on Sunday.
The 25-year-old Dibaba out-kicked Kenya's Helah Kiprop to win the grueling event by just one second
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The long-striding Kiprop briefly threatened to take the gold medal when she loomed up on the outside of Dibaba with 50 meters left to run but couldn't get
past the pint-sized Ethiopian.
Kiprop faded slightly and had to -settle for the silver medal, while the bronze went to the reigning Asian champion Eunice Kirwa, who was born in Kenya
but now competes for Bahrain.
Ethiopia has a long and proud tradition in marathon running but Dibaba was the first Ethiopian female to win the lung-sapping event at the world
championships.
"Just after 40 kilometers, I tried to test them. I came out in front because I wanted to control. Then we came into the stadium, I just tried my
best
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"I took off and I won the marathon."Dibaba went into the race as the -favorite after recording the fastest time in the world this year but was unable to shake off her mostly East African
challengers on a overcast morning in the Chinese capital where conditions were
less brutal than usual.
There were still a dozen runners in the leading pack at the 30--kilometer mark but as the pace picked up, they slowly began to drop off. By the
35--kilometer mark, just six -remained in the leading bunch, then five as they
passed 40 kilometers.
Kenya's Edna Kiplagat, who won the last two world championships marathons, dropped from the leading group about 2 kilometers from the finish and settled
for fifth.
But there were still four women in contention when they reached the Bird's Nest. Kenya's Jemima Sumgong lost touch in the entry tunnel and missed out on
the podium despite -finishing just seven seconds behind the winner.
Dibaba dashed clear as they reached the edge of the track. Kirwa tried to go with her but had no energy left and -settled for the bronze.
Kiprop was the last to challenge -Dibaba and although she came up short
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four leaders -entered the stadium tunnel.
"Everyone was very strong, I was thinking that maybe I would be No.4 but at the end I saw it was possible for me to go and so I tried," she said. "I feel
very excited because I didn't expect [to win a medal]."
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