Addis Ababa, December 4, 2020 (FBC) – Athletics Weekly has named Trunesh Dibaba, Ethiopian long distance runner “The Greatest”
Voting for ‘The Greatest’ formed part of the 2020 AW Awards, with readers also asked to vote for their standout athletes from the past 12 months.
The readers of AW have voted for Tirunesh Dibaba honored her as a female athlete to have graced the sport since 1945.
Athlete Tirunsh Dibaba has also enjoyed a number of highlights during what has been a distinguished distance running career, AW says.
Tirunesh has won 31.1 pct of the voice the readers voted for female athletes they rated as the greatest.
Tirunesh Dibaba won the 5000m and 10,000m double in 2007 with respective last laps of 58.2 and 58.4, as well as winning the 10,000m title in both 2007 and 2013 and the 2017 10,000m silver.
Between 2005 and 2012, she won 12 successive races over 25 laps.
Usain Bolt has been named “The Greatest” from male runners.