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Meseret Defar. Photo: Nazret.com
Defar, who also won the 5000m at the Athens Games in 2004, timed 15min 04.25sec, with world champion Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya claiming silver in 15:04.73.
Defending Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba, also of Ethiopia, took bronze in 15:05.15.
Good for All Africans . welldone Defar
That was a brilliant run and win for East Africans.Thats what we are famous for and i can’t help but be happy that we were not upstaged by the Russians and Ukranians.Meseret was so emotional.Vivian made my night