By Nate Mann PALO ALTO, Calif. – During two days in September 1993, six Chinese women ran under 8 minutes, 20 seconds in the 3,000-meter race. Until Sunday, no one had done so since. Twenty-six years later, Sifan Hassan joined… Continue Reading
By Brenten Kelly Genzebe Dibaba came down the final 100-meter stretch with a comfortable lead in the Prefontaine Classic’s 5,000 meters Saturday afternoon, continuing not only her dominance at Hayward Field, but in the world. She has never lost a… Continue Reading
By Jack Butler Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba pulled away from the field halfway through the race. Her biggest competitor wasn’t any other runner; it was the clock. In Friday’s 5,000-meter race at the Prefontaine Classic, Dibaba was pushing to break the… Continue Reading
In the weeks leading up to this year’s Prefontaine Classic, rumors swirled around the possibility of Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba setting a world record in the 5,000 meters at Hayward Field. While Dibaba fell eight seconds short of her sister Tirunesh Dibaba’s… Continue Reading
There is a lot of hype surrounding Genzebe Dibaba’s potential world-record attempt on Saturday in the 5,000 meters at the Prefontaine Classic, but she isn’t playing into it. “To break a world record has been a dream of all my lifetime, and… Continue Reading