Competitors in the Women's 1 Mile final round the hairpin at the end of the Mall, during the Sainsbury's Anniversary Games. Genzebe Dibarba (Ethiopia) went on the win the race in a time of Great Britains, Helen Clitheroe finished 5th in a time of ©
The Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games was held in a temporary stadium at Horse Guards Parade. It hosted track and field events including sprints, hurdles and high jump. The unique event will attract the best Olympic and Paralympic athletes in the world including: Team GB’s Jonnie Peacock, Pole vault world record holder Renaud Lavillenie, Olympic hurdles champion and world record holder Aries Merritt and 2008 Olympic Champion Blanka Vlasic. Races were also held in the Mall, where people watched for free,with the likes of six-time Paralympic champion David Weir in action. Genzebe Dibaba (Amharic: ገንዘቤ ዲባባ; Afaan Oromo: Ganzabee Dibaabaa; born 8 February 1991) is an Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner. She is the sister of three-times Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba and Olympic silver medallist Ejegayehu Dibaba, and the cousin of former Olympic champion Derartu Tulu. She was the 2012 World Indoor Champion for the 1500 m and holds the World record for the distance, and is the reigning 2014 World Indoor Champion and World Indoor Record Holder in the 3000m. She represented Ethiopia at the 2012 Summer Olympics and has twice competed at the World Championships in Athletics (2009 and 2011). She was highly successful as a junior (under-20) athlete, having won two junior world cross country titles and one world junior 5000 m gold medal.
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Location: The Mall, London,
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