London: Ethiopia`s Genzebe Dibaba set a new world record in the indoor two miles on Saturday with victory in a time of 9min 0.48sec at the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix.
The achievement saw Dibaba improve compatriot Meseret Defar`s previous mark of 9:06.28, set in Prague in 2009, by almost six seconds.
It was the third time she had set a new indoor world record this month, after previous record-breaking feats in the 1500m in Karlsruhe, Germany and the 3,000m in Stockholm.
The 23-year-old is the sister of three-time Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba and Olympic silver-medallist Ejegayehu Dibaba.
AFP
First Published: Saturday, February 15, 2014, 22:34
