Almaz Ayana led an Ethiopian medals sweep in the women's 5,000m on Sunday as 1,500m winner Genzebe Dibaba had to settle for bronze at the world championships in Beijing. In cool conditions after heavy rain, Ayana ran a championships record 14min 26.83sec to win comfortably from Senbere Teferi, who put on a late surge to pip Dibaba by seven-hundredths. Dibaba, younger sister of 5,000m world record-holder Tirunesh, had already won the 1,500m, but Ayana's pace over the last five laps put paid to her hopes of a double. "I had to win the gold medal!" said Ayana.

"It was a hard race and a hard competition in general. It is great for our country that we won gold, silver and bronze." Dibaba said she was "not disappointed" with bronze and added that she had been hampered by a heel injury since winning her maiden world championships gold in the 1,500m. "My country won three medals, I can only be pleased about that," Dibaba said.