Tirunesh Dibaba sports discipline competed in marathon
2014–2015: Marathon debut followed by motherhood
Dibaba made her marathon debut at the 2014 London Marathon. She finished third in a time of 2:20:35, 14 seconds behind winner Edna Kiplagat and 11 seconds behind Florence Kiplagat (unrelated). Dibaba stopped briefly near the 30 kilometre mark to pick up a dropped water bottle.After becoming pregnant with her first child, Dibaba announced on 5 November that she would skip the 2015 season. Dibaba gave birth to a son in March 2015.2017: 10,000 metres silver medalist at the World Championships
Dibaba again ran the London Marathon, finishing in second place in a time of 2:17:56. This made her the third fastest woman ever in a marathon. Mary Jepkosgei Keitany's winning finish time of 2:17:01 was a world record for a women-only marathon and was the second-fastest performance in history. Only Paula Radcliffe has run faster, 2:15:25 at the mixed-gender 2003 London Marathon.
She won the silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the World Championships in London in August, finishing 46.37 seconds behind Almaz Ayana. Ayana broke open the race at the 4000 metres mark, running her next 1000 metres in 2:49.18. Dibaba had been training for this race for only two months, explaining after the race, “If I had followed ... [Ayana], I wouldn't have won a medal. I know my capacity these days because my training for this race was very short." This was the third consecutive 10,000 metres race that Ayana had defeated Dibaba. Dibaba's 1000 metre splits were as follows:
1000 metres: 3:31.43 (20th position)
2000 metres: 3:18.88 (6:50.31) (17th)
3000 metres: 3:09.37 (9:59.68) (2nd)
4000 metres: 3:04.66 (13:04.34) (6th)
5000 metres: 2:56.30 (16:00.64) (6th)
6000 metres: 2:59.86 (19:00.50) (6th)
7000 metres: 3:02.10 (22:02.60) (4th)
8000 metres: 3:05.70 (25:08.30) (5th)
9000 metres: 3:04.41 (28:12.71) (4th)
Finish: 2:49.98 (31:02.69) (2nd)
Last 5000 metres: 15:02.05Dibaba committed to run the Chicago Marathon on 8 October. She won a gold medal during the 40th edition of the marathon, with a time of 2:18:30.
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