Genzebe Dibaba Quotes
Ethiopia
Genzebe Dibaba Keneni is an Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner.
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I have to say that I really love being in this because athletics allowed me to experience life in a truly wonderful way.
Everybody expects me to win the gold medal, I have to do it, especially after what my sister has achieved. I have to do the same, if not better.
Well, not yet, But maybe in the future we will have a Dibaba running club. It’s a good idea.
With the training I'd been doing in Barcelona, I knew I was able to break the world record, but you never can be sure.
It works well for me because there aren’t many women who would be able to train with me.
But I’d like to return to Monaco next year to try to break the 5000m world record.
As a kid I didn’t really imagine that I would see a lot of things or places.
And when Genzebe took more than three seconds off the world indoor 1500m record in Karlsruhe, it was no surprise to Tirunesh.
I train mainly with guys and they help to push me.
It is difficult to compare myself with Tirunesh. She’s so strong and has won so many championships.
This year we’ve changed things and have done more intense training for the outdoor season.
Now I have two goals for the 2015 indoor season. I am preparing myself to break the 5000m world indoor record in Stockholm and then run the mile in Birmingham.
It was a really fast race in perfect conditions so I don't know if I can go faster.
I don’t really expect to be greater than her. But I’d like to be as great as her, That’s my hope. To be as good as her. I don’t really look for more.
I felt my back when I was training so that was a problem and why my season was not as good outdoors as it was indoors.
But my main goal this year is not more records, but only to win the gold medal at the World Championships where I will run 5000m.
The first thing that Tirunesh said to me when she called after the world record was: ‘based on the way you were training, I knew you were going to break it’.
It is an honour, Tirunesh has already won three times so it is great for me to be here. I don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow. We will see, but I hope to win.
This year was the best year for me. The indoor season was the best of my career so far when I broke three world records.