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born 1985 Ethiopia
Tirunesh Dibaba (Oromo Xirunesh Dibaabaa, w:Amharic Amharic ጥሩነሽ ዲባባ ቀነኒ; born 1 October 1985) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner athlete who competes in long-distance track events and international road races. She has won three Olympic track gold medals, five World Championship track gold medals, four individual World Cross Country (WCC) adult titles, and one individual WCC junior title.
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I want to improve the records for both distances and the hardest to achieve is the 10k.
Most of the girls can’t stay with me in training, it just has to be guys.
Running is in my blood and I still get the same feeling whenever I go out for training that I always have done. It’s always there.
I never needed to run to school because it was close to home, I never did much running in school. Unlike other Ethiopian runners, I did not have a running childhood.
I was not even happy in Beijing. No one has ever done what I did today.
There’s always a lot of competition, so whenever I win a race at that distance, I’m really thrilled.
I won the 5k and 10k at the Olympics and would hope I have done enough to win the athlete of the year.
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.
We have a good coach, who has helped us very much with our training. The coach’s wisdom and the technical activities we do in Bekoji have helped it to produce so many good athletes.
This year has been fantastic, and the big bonus is the marriage on top of the Olympics.
I have been dreaming of an outdoor world record forever, now I want them all: the 1500, the 5000, even the 800.
I have never been happier .
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