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1324:Categories
561:References
431:in Italy.
351:, beating
304:in Paris.
272:Early life
152:1990 Split
129:Long race
110:Long race
91:Long race
72:Long race
1172:Gete Wami
1145:Gete Wami
1073:Zola Budd
961:Gete Wami
353:Liz Lynch
333:Stuttgart
319:. At the
27:athletics
782:Archived
714:Archived
522:mile run
411:held in
377:Auckland
359:(led by
278:Chambéry
276:Born in
158:10,000 m
25:Women's
524:to the
237:at the
225:at the
1305:2023:
1296:2019:
1287:2017:
1278:2015:
1269:2013:
1260:2011:
1251:2010:
1242:2009:
1233:2008:
1224:2007:
1206:2004:
1197:2003:
1179:2000:
1170:1999:
1161:1998:
1152:1997:
1143:1996:
1134:1995:
1125:1994:
1116:1993:
1098:1989:
1089:1988:
1080:1987:
1062:1984:
1053:1983:
1044:1982:
1017:1975:
986:2006:
977:2005:
959:2001:
950:2000:
941:1999:
932:1998:
267:Career
188:3000 m
43:France
40:
1309:(KEN)
1300:(KEN)
1291:(KEN)
1282:(KEN)
1273:(KEN)
1264:(KEN)
1255:(KEN)
1246:(KEN)
1237:(ETH)
1228:(NED)
1219:(ETH)
1210:(AUS)
1201:(ETH)
1192:(GBR)
1183:(ETH)
1174:(ETH)
1165:(IRL)
1156:(ETH)
1147:(ETH)
1138:(ETH)
1129:(KEN)
1120:(POR)
1111:(USA)
1102:(FRA)
1093:(NOR)
1084:(FRA)
1075:(GBR)
1066:(ROM)
1057:(NOR)
1048:(ROM)
1039:(NOR)
1030:(ESP)
1021:(USA)
1012:(ITA)
990:(ETH)
981:(ETH)
972:(KEN)
963:(ETH)
954:(ETH)
945:(KEN)
936:(IRL)
421:Split
669:IAAF
286:1500
259:and
216:1989
868:at
788:.
540:'s
419:in
375:in
331:in
296:in
1326::
848:.
817:.
689:^
667:.
651:^
642:.
608:^
593:^
399:.
339:.
263:.
908:e
901:t
894:v
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