EXTRAORDINARY Ethiopian teenager Tirunesh Dibaba on Saturday became the first woman athlete in history to complete the 5,000m-10,000m double at the same world athletics championships.
The 19-year-old led home an Ethiopian clean sweep, as they had done in the 10,000m, on a day that saw several other athletes celebrate double titles.
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