(Reuters) - Ethiopian two-time Olympic champion Meseret Defar ran the year's fastest 3,000 metres as she returned to the track for the first time in more than two years at the Boston indoor grand prix on Sunday.
The 2004 and 2012 Olympic 5,000 metres gold medallist romped to victory in 8 minutes, 30.83 seconds in her first race since 2013. The birth of her daughter in 2014 and injuries in 2015 had kept her off the track.
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