MONACO: Olympic women’s 5,000m champion Meseret Defar completed a 3,000m-5,000m double on Saturday with victory in the shorter event to finish the two-day World Athletics Final richer by US$60,000.
Defar, who defeated fellow-Ethiopian and world champion Tirunesh Dibaba after a frenzied sprint finish in Friday’s 5,000m, led world junior cross country champion Gelete Burika across the line on Saturday.
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