August 16, 2013
Defar wins Worlds 5000m
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Double Olympic champion Ethiopian Meseret Defar won the women’s 5,000 metre final at the 14th World Championship in Moscow Saturday from Kenya’s Mercy Chernobo.
Almaz Ayana also of Ethiopia took the bronze.
Three Ethiopians and two Kenyans took the top five spots on the penultimate day of the championships.