Dibaba only running 3K in Sopot

Dibaba only running 3K in Sopot

Feb 25, 2014 by Christopher Chavez
Dibaba only running 3K in Sopot
After setting three indoor world records in February, Genzebe Dibaba will only race the women's 3,000-meter run at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland. Ethiopia announced their 11-person national team, which includes 2013 Outdoor 800-meter World Champion Mohammed Aman, on Tuesday afternoon. 

Dibaba opened her track season with the 1,500-meter record (3:55.17) in Zurich on Feb. 1. The 3,000-meter world record (8:16.60)would fall five days later in Stockholm. Her last race was the two-mile in which she shattered another world record (9:00.48) in Birmingham.

She will not defend her 1,500-meter world title from the 2012 Indoor World Championships in Istanbul. This is good news for the medal hopes of U.S. Indoor Champion Mary Cain, who ended her media availability in Albuquerque jokingly saying, "Watch out, Dibaba."


Aman is undefeated this indoor season with a 600-meter win in Moscow with a time of 1:15.31 and 800-meter wins in Stockholm (1:45.08)and Birmingham (1:44.52). 

Other notable Ethiopians running are Yenew Alamirew, Dejen Gebremeskel, Hagos Gebrhiwet in the men's 3,000-meter run.