Genzebe Dibaba began her season in 2019 on 6 February in Sabadell, Spain, with a 1,500m. She ran 3:59.08. On the 10 February, Genzebe ran a 1000m in 2:37.40 in Lieven, France.
Genzebe Dibaba will be running the 3000m distance at Stanford. In previous Pre Classics, Genezebe has run 5000m. This is a departure for the seven time World record holder.
Genzebe Dibaba, photo by PhotoRun.net
Genzebe Dibaba opened outdoors ornr 3 May in Doha with a tough loss to Hellen Obiri, at 3000m in 8:26.20.
Recently, Genzebe ran 3:56.28 at the Golden Gala in Rome, 6 June, taking the win!
On 16 June, in Rabat, Morocco, Geneze Dibaba, pushed by Laura Muir, 3:55.28 to 3:55.78!
Enjoy the interview below with Genzebe Dibaba, translated from Amahric.
Post event update: Dibaba finished 4th in PB 8:21.29, as Sifan Hassan lead a charge, taking win in ER 8:18.48.
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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