Ethiopian Dibaba beats women's 5,000m world record -- china.org.cn

Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba runs to the finish line to win the women's senior race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships at Holyrood Park in Edinburgh, Scotland, March 30, 2008.

Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba runs to the finish line to win the women's senior race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships at Holyrood Park in Edinburgh, Scotland, March 30, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia smashed the women's 5,000m world record by 5.48 seconds at the Golden League meeting in Oslo on Friday.

She clocked 14 minutes 11.15 seconds to better her compatriot Meseret Defar's mark of 14:16.63 set also at at the Golden League meeting in Oslo last year.

Kenya's Lucy Wangui finished second in 14:33.49, ahead of another Ethiopian Ejegayehu Dibaba in 14:36.78.

(Xinhua News Agency June 7, 2008)