2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres

Women's 3000 metres
at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Venue Oregon Convention Center
Dates March 20
Competitors 13 from 9 nations
Winning time 8:47.43
Medalists
 Genzebe Dibaba   Ethiopia
 Meseret Defar   Ethiopia
 Shannon Rowbury   United States
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The women's 3000 metres at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 20, 2016.[1][2]

The favorite was obviously world record holder Genzebe Dibaba, but the Outdoor World Championships revealed an achilles heel, a long, drawn out kick. The finals started off at a jog with Stephanie Twell and then Sviatlana Kudzelich on the front controlling the pace. After six laps of this, Dibaba took off, running a 30-second lap and putting a 12-metre gap on the field. From there, Dibaba maintained the gap then increased it at the end as the clear winner. After Twell was the last to try to hold on to Dibaba, Meseret Defar was the last to chase. Too familiar a situation from the past with Defar chasing a Dibaba, but those were Genzebe's older sister Tirunesh. Defar had to take silver, still clear of the rest of the field. It was her seventh medal in this event, dating back to 2003. Behind them, Shannon Rowbury used her best 1500 metres kick to separate from Maureen Koster for bronze.

Results

The final was started at 13:45.[3]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)Genzebe Dibaba Ethiopia8:47.43
2nd, silver medalist(s)Meseret Defar Ethiopia8:54.26
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Shannon Rowbury United States8:55.55
4Maureen Koster Netherlands8:56.44
5Abbey D'Agostino United States8:58.40
6Stephanie Twell Great Britain9:00.38
7Betsy Saina Kenya9:01.86
8 Betlhem Desalegn United Arab Emirates9:03.30 DQ[4]
8Jessica O'Connell Canada9:05.71
9Nancy Chepkwemoi Kenya9:07.63
10Sviatlana Kudzelich Belarus9:17.45
11Sheila Reid Canada9:19.67
12Josephine Moultrie Great Britain9:29.10
N/ARenata Pliś PolandDNS
Winner Genzebe Dibaba after crossing the finish line

References

  1. ↑ "IAAF World Indoor Championships Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  2. ↑ Start list
  3. ↑ Final results
  4. ↑ Doping
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