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Genzebe Dibaba  cruses to victory in 3,000 meter World Indoor Championship.  2016 Portland, Oregon

The renowned Oromo-Ethiopian athlete Genzebe Dibaba, received a warm reception from her fan in Portland, Oregon’s indoor championship finale. Dibaba cruised to a gold medal victory with 8 minutes, 47.43 seconds. Runner-up silver medalist Meseret Defar, also an Oromo-Ethiopian finished at 8 minutes, 54.26 seconds.

This is the second gold medal from Oromo athletes in the women competition. Earlier in the 1500 meter finale, Sifan Hassan, an Oromo born athlete running for  the Netherlands cruised to victory with 4 minutes, 4.96 seconds.
Oromo athletes have been the forefront of distant running  dynasty for over five decades. Abebe Bikila’s barefooted gold victory in the Rome’s 1960 marathon was the first ever Oromo dominance in the distant running competition.

The short amateur video below recorded by Desu Tefera, a proud fan of Genzebe Dibaba, show the warm reception the athlete received at her marvelous victory. When asked about her victory Dibaba,  in her native language Afaan Oromoo, she says “this is my third time being involved in indoor championship and I am very happy for it! I was able to ran by myself (dominating) which enable me to win.” Desu Tefera congratulated her with a warm kiss before telling her “you are an Oromo hero and we love you very much!”

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