Dibaba breaks women’s 2,000-meter world record

Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia broke the women’s 2,000-meter world record at the indoor Miting International de Catalunya in Spain on Tuesday. Dibaba’s time of 5:23.75 bettered the world indoor best set by Gabriela Szabo in 1998 by almost seven seconds. The 2,000 indoors isn’t considered an official world record event by the IAAF, but athletics’ […]

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