Meseret Defar donated her 2004 Olympic 5,000-meter gold medal to a church museum in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She was 20 years old when that one was draped around her neck in Athens. Eight years later at ...

London, England – Meseret Defar put in a strong kick as reigning Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba faded on the home stretch, overtaking her Ethiopian teammate to win the women's 5,000 meters Friday.

Ethiopia's Meseret Defar piled on the pace over the last 300m to steal the women's 5,000m Olympic crown in Athens. Defar had been locked in battle with Kenya's Isabella Ochichi but left her behind as ...

Defar, who also won the 5000m at the Athens Games in 2004, timed a relatively slow 15min 04.25sec, with world champion Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya claiming silver in 15:04.73. Defending Olympic champion ...