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Twice world 10,000m champion Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia smashed the world women's 5000m record when she clocked 14m 11.15s at the Oslo Golden League meeting in the Bislett stadium.
Dibaba broke the mark of 14m 16.63s set by her compatriot Meseret Defar at the same stadium on June 15 last year. Lucy Wangui of Kenya was second in 14m 33.49s, a personal best, and sister Ejegayehu Dibaba was third in 14m 36.78s at the second of the six Golden League meetings of the season in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics in August.
The early pace was set by Anna Alminova of Russia before Dibaba, one of three sisters in the race, pulled away on a balmy evening in the Norwegian capital.
"I am very, very happy. It's a joyous day," Dibaba, the world indoor 5000m record holder, said after setting the 54th world record recorded at the Bislett stadium since 1924. "I've been thinking about it a long time."
Meanwhile, Olympic 100m champion Justin Gatlin said his career was not over, even though he has lost his appeal against a four-year doping ban.
"I will definitely be back on the track," Gatlin said. "I have plans for the next two years but I will be back running."
A Court of Arbitration for Sport panel upheld Gatlin's doping ban for a 2006 positive test.
The decision means the 26-year-old will not be eligible to compete until July 2010, unless he finds other legal recourse.
Pursuing a career in the NFL was also a strong possibility, he said without elaborating.
The 2005 world champion said he wanted his legal team to continue to seek ways for him to return to the track before 2010.
"I am fighting because I am a victim. I am not a doper. The world has not seen the last of Justin Gatlin."
