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| Tirunesh Dibaba: Olympic, World and African Champion in 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 |
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