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Ethiopian distance runner Almaz Ayana breaks women's 10000 world record

Xinhua, August 12, 2016 Adjust font size:

Ethiopian distance runner Almaz Ayana clocked 29 minutes, 17.45 seconds to break women's 10000 world record at the Rio Olympic Games here on Friday.

The former world record of 29:31.78 was set by China's Wang Junxia in 1993. Endit