Posted: January 15, 2005

Athletics: Kipchoge And Tirunesh Dibaba Win In Edinburgh

From David Monti

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Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge and Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba were winners at today's View from Great North Cross Country in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Kipchoge was a hasty replacement for Olympic 10,000m gold medalist Kenenisa Bekele who missed the meet because of the sudden death of his fiancée last week. An Olympic medalist himself, Kipchoge is a favorite to make the podium at the IAAf World Cross Country Championships in March.

Dibaba, the 2003 world 5000m champion and still just a teenager, got the victory over reigning world cross country champion, Benita Johnson of Australia. Dibaba was the world 4 km cross country silver medalist in 2004.