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Ethiopia's Ayana wins 5,000m gold

Xinhua, August 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

Ethiopians swept a full set of medals over 5,000 meters at the athletics world championships here on Sunday.

Almaz Ayana clocked a new worlds record of 14 minutes and 26.83 seconds and Senbere Teffri took silver in 14:44.07.

Genzebe Dibaba, world record holder and winner here over 1,500m, claimed bronze in 14.44.14.

Kenyans finished fourth to seventh. Endi