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Ethiopia's Meseret Defar has won the women's 5,000 meters gold medal at the Olympic Games.
The 20-year-old, women's 3,000m winner in this year's world indoor championships in Budapest, clocked 14 minutes 45.65 seconds for the gold.
Kenya's Isabella Ochichi, who finished 6th in the event at last year's world championships in Paris, took the silver in 14:48.19.
Another Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba, aged 18, won the bronze in 14:51.83, becoming the youngest ever individual senior world champion in Paris..
Chinese Sun Yingjie, the 10,000m bronze medallist in last year's world championships, exchanged the lead with compatriot Xing Huina but dropped behind midway through the race and finished a distant eighth place in 15:07.23.
Editor: Lu Ziqing
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