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Tirunesh Dibaba Completes Ethiopia’s Medal Sweep in the Women's 10,000m

The World and Olympic 10,000 champion Tirunesh Dibaba completed an all-Ethiopian dominance at the 16th African Athletics Championships in Addis Ababa.

Tirunesh Dibaba surged with a burst of last minute speed past her elder sister, Ejigayehu Dibaba, 150 meters from the finish line claiming the regional title to herself finishing in 32:49.08.

Ejigayehu took silver in 32:50.36 and Wude Ayalew completed Ethiopia’s dominance in long distance running.

OFFICIAL RESULTS

DAY-4, May 03, 2008

MEDALS TABLE

RANK

COUNTRY

GOLD

SILVER

BRONZE

TOTAL

1.

SOUTH AFRICA

9

2

6

17

2.

NIGERIA

4

5

3

12

3.

ETHIOPIA

4

4

2

10

4.

EGYPT

2

2

2

7

5.

KENYA

2

2

3

7

6.

MOROCCO

2

1

2

5

7.

ALGERIA

1

2

1

4

10,000 WOMEN FINAL

RANK

NAME

NAT

RESULT

1.

TIRUNESH DIBABA

ETH

32:49.08

2.

EJEGAYEHU DIBABA

ETH

32:50.36

3.

WUDE AYALEW

ETH

32:55.17

HAMMER MEN FINAL

RANK

NAME

NAT

RESULT

1.

Chris HARMSE

RSA

77.72 CR

2.

Moustafa AL GAMAL

EGY

69.70

3.

Ahmed ABDUL RAOUF

EGY

68.15

POLE VAULT MEN FINAL

RANK

NAME

NAT

RESULT

1.

Mouhcine CHAOURI

MAR

4.80

2.

Larbi BOURADA

ALG

4.50

3.

Willem COERTZEN

RSA

4.00

TRIPLE JUMP FINAL

RANK

NAME

NAT

RESULT

1.

Ndiss Kaba BADJI

SEN

17.07

2.

Hugo Lucie MAMBA SCHLICK

CMR

16.92

3.

Tarik BOUGUETAIB

MAR

16.82

JAVELIN WOMEN

RANK

NAME

NAT

RESULT

1.

Sunette VILJOEN

RSA

55.17

2.

Lindy AGRICOLE

SEY

52.92

3.

Hanaa OMAR

EGY

52.32

110m- HURDLES MEN FINAL

RANK

NAME

NAT

Time

1.

Hennie KOTZE

RSA

13.95

2.

Samuel OKON

NGR

14.08

3.

Nurudeen SALIM

NGR

14.27