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Tirunesh Dibaba to return at Great Manchester Run
- Updated: April 27, 2016
Tirunesh Dibaba is set to make her comeback at the Great Manchester Run on May 22.
The three-time Olympic gold medallist missed the 2015 season after giving birth to her son Nathan Sileshi in March of that year, and will make a return to competitive action in Manchester as she begins on her road to the Rio Olympics.
The Ethiopian won back-to-back gold medals in the 10,000m in Beijing and London and also claimed the 5000m title in 2008. She will look to defend her title over the longer distance this summer as she bids to become the first athlete to have won three gold medals over the 10,000m distance.
Victory in Manchester this May will give the 30-year-old another treble as she won the Great Manchester Run in 2013 and 2014.
Dibaba, whose 30:49 from 2013 is the women’s course record for the Great Manchester Run, is set to face competition from a fit-again Gemma Steel and fresh-legged Edna Kiplagat in the IAAF Golf Label race in the north-west.
Steel got an injury and illness-hit year back on track with victory in the BM10k earlier this month and …
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