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Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba
reacts after winning the women's 1500m event during the IAAF Diamond League
Athletics meeting at the Louis II stadium on July 17, 2015 in Monaco. Photo: Jean
Christophe Magnenet
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Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba set a new world record in the
women's 1500m at the Monaco Diamond League meet on July 17. In a thrilling night of
track and field at the Stade Louis II, with personal bests abound and six
world-leading performances, Dibaba took the crown with an astonishing world
record in the women's 1500m.
The previous best of
3:50.46 had been set by China's Qu Yunxia in Beijing in 1993. That and other
quick times in the discipline were mainly run by Chinese athletes in the 1990s
under the guidance of controversial coach Ma Junren.
Daily Nation report
continues:
Six of Junren's athletes
were dropped from China's team for failing dope tests ahead of the Sydney
Olympics in 2000.
Victory for Dibaba, the
two-time world indoor champion, never looked in doubt, and aided by two
pace-setters in perfect running conditions, the 24-year-old Ethiopian came home
in 3:50.07 to shatter the old record.
"The pacemakers
finally did a good job," said Dibaba, who also holds the world indoor
records over 1500, 3000 and 5000m.
"I'm the first from
Ethiopia to get a 1500m world record and that is amazing. I think Tirunesh will
be happy," she said in reference to her multi-medal winning elder sister
who holds the outdoor 5000m world record.
"One thing is clear:
I will double at the world championships and let's try for the 5000m world
record in Beijing."
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