Ethiopian Dibaba beats women's 5,000m world record

Ethiopian Dibaba in front of the scoreboard. (Photo credit: Getty Images)Photo Gallery>>Evolution of women's 5,000m world record

STOCKHOLM, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia smashed the women's 5,000m world record by 5.48 seconds at the Golden League meeting in Oslo on Friday.

She clocked 14 minutes 11.15 seconds to better her compatriot Meseret Defar's mark of 14:16.63 set also at at the Golden League meeting in Oslo last year.

Kenya's Lucy Wangui finished second in 14:33.49, ahead of another Ethiopian Ejegayehu Dibaba in 14:36.78.