Ethiopia’s ace long distance runner, Tirunesh Dibaba added a new accolade to her impressive array after winning the Chicago marathon held on Sunday. Aside her gold medal, Dibaba will walk away with $100,000 prize money. Congratulations to Tirunesh Dibaba, female winner of the 2017 #ChicagoMarathon, with an official time of 2:18:31! pic.twitter.com/r0CnMP03xI — Chicago Marathon (@ChiMarathon) October 8, 2017She has won several laurels for the East African country at the Olympics and in other international competitions. Amongst her successes are: three Olympic gold medals, she is nine-time world champion and world record holder over 5,000m.

Source: Ethiopian News October 08, 2017 18:00 UTC