Both of Dibaba's 2005 world championships wins were recently uploaded on youtube and I gotta say, ive got the 10k on dvd anyway, but I had been waiting for yonks to see the 5000m last lap against defar again and it was breathtaking!
Just wondering what performance you guys think was more impressive, her helsinki double or the beijing double? I realise theres not much too pick as they were both done in similar fashion, and both were pretty much faultless! I think the Beijing 10,000m was more impressive than the helsinki one for the obvious reason of the time, which I believe was the true WR, although the helsinki 10k looked awsome because she had adere to fly past at 200m.
I think the helsinki 5000m though, was by far the best competitive championship 5000m performance ive ever seen. She really worked defar hard in the last 4 laps, taking the lead before a quick breather with 2 laps left - then the last lap was just heart in mouth material from start to finish. she was just as impressive on the last lap in beijing, but it was slower, and less exciting, but that was more to do with defar not quite having it at the end rather than anything to do with dibaba.
i'll vote for beijing just because its the olympics, but I dont think theres much to choose.
Just wondering what performance you guys think was more impressive, her helsinki double or the beijing double? I realise theres not much too pick as they were both done in similar fashion, and both were pretty much faultless! I think the Beijing 10,000m was more impressive than the helsinki one for the obvious reason of the time, which I believe was the true WR, although the helsinki 10k looked awsome because she had adere to fly past at 200m.
I think the helsinki 5000m though, was by far the best competitive championship 5000m performance ive ever seen. She really worked defar hard in the last 4 laps, taking the lead before a quick breather with 2 laps left - then the last lap was just heart in mouth material from start to finish. she was just as impressive on the last lap in beijing, but it was slower, and less exciting, but that was more to do with defar not quite having it at the end rather than anything to do with dibaba.
i'll vote for beijing just because its the olympics, but I dont think theres much to choose.
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