Hellen Obiri defeats Genzebe Dibaba over 5000m in Rome Diamond League 2017 with

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In 2017:
After not breaking the 5k WR in Eugene a couple days before, Genzebe Dibaba was giving another shot at the WR in Rome, a world record (14:11.15) that her older sister Tirunesh owns. Genzebe was leading the pack through 4000m, but started to fall behind as Hellen Obiri took over the lead. Obiri won the race in a new National Record, 14:18.37. Genzebe came in 6th.

Full Results:
1 OBIRI Hellen KEN 13 DEC 1989 18 14:18.37 WL NR 16 1
2 TIROP Agnes Jebet KEN 23 OCT 1995 11 14:33.09 PB 7 4
3 GIDEY Letesenbet ETH 20 MAR 1998 14 14:33.32 PB 12 2
4 CAN Yasemin TUR 11 DEC 1996 17 14:36.82 PB 5 6
5 DIRO NEDA Etenesh ETH 10 MAY 1991 16 14:40.29 SB 4 7
6 DIBABA Genzebe ETH 8 FEB 1991 19 14:41.55 3 9
7 KIPKEMBOI Margaret Chelimo KEN 9 FEB 1993 5 14:43.89 PB 7 5
8 CHEPTAI Irine Chebet KEN 4 FEB 1992 4 14:47.11 SB 1 12
9 GRØVDAL Karoline Bjerkeli NOR 14 JUN 1990 15 15:05.36 SB
10 CHELANGAT Sheila KEN 11 APR 1998 6 15:15.08 PB
11 LOZANO Ana ESP 22 FEB 1991 2 15:18.07 PB
12 DEGEFA Beyenu ETH 12 JUL 1999 3 15:19.49 SB
13 SCOTT Dominique RSA 24 JUN 1992 8 15:20.10 PB
14 TESFAYE Haftamnesh ETH 28 APR 1994 10 15:20.10 SB
15 SECCAFIEN Andrea CAN 27 AUG 1990 9 15:20.77 SB
16 TWELL Stephanie GBR 17 AUG 1989 12 15:24.05 SB
17 BONTU Edao (PM) BRN 12 DEC 1997 20 15:37.97
18 WESTPHAL Liv FRA 22 DEC 1993 1 15:40.74 SB
19 CARTON Louise BEL 1994 7 15:48.94 SB
KUSHNIR Viktoriya (PM) BLR 9 FEB 1993 21 DNF
McCOLGAN Eilish GBR 25 NOV 1990 13 DNF