Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia has set a new indoor record in the women’s 2,000m world record at the Miting International de Catalunya event in the Spanish city of Sabadell on Tuesday. She finished the race in a time of 5:23.75 which eclipsed the previous record by just about seven seconds. She won the silver medal in the Women’s 1500m race in the just ended Rio Olympic Games. Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba broke the 2000m indoor world record with a time of 5:23.75 at the Miting Internacional de Catalunya in Spain. She is the sister of three-times Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba and Olympic silver medallist Ejegayehu Dibaba, and the cousin of former Olympic champion Derartu Tulu.

Source: Ethiopian News February 08, 2017 14:01 UTC