Duluth News Tribune-Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba, winner of the women's 10,000-meter final last Friday, won the first heat of the women's 5,000 meters Tuesday night at the Summer Olympics in Beijing. She ran 15 minutes, 9.89 seconds to lead a field of 16. American Jennifer Rhines was the last of six automatic qualifiers in 15:15.12.
The second heat with Americans Kara Goucher and Shalane Flanagan is to be underway at 7:05 a.m. CDT. The top six in each heat plus the next three-fastest runners advance to Friday's 5,000 final.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Dibaba Wins First 5,000 Heat
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