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Genzebe
Dibaba AFP
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Ethiopian runner Genzebe
Dibaba has been named the female World Athlete of the Year by the International
Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) - athletics' world governing body. This comes after breaking
the 1500m outdoor world record, the 5000m indoor world record and taking the
1500m gold at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing.
BBC
Sport reports that after receiving the award she said she had plans to break
the world indoor mile record next year.
She comes from an athletic
family. Two of her siblings and her cousin are all Olympic gold medal winners.
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