- The 2008 Performance of the Year Award: Tirunesh Breaking the 5km World Record

The 2008 Performance of the Year Award: Tirunesh Breaking the 5km World Record

This year's IAAF Performance of the Year Award went to Tirunesh Dibaba for improving the 5km World Record by 5 seconds to 14:11.5 in Oslo, Norway on June 6, 2008. Tirunesh also shared the Special Olympic Award with five others for being the first woman ever to get double gold in 5km & 10km at the Olympic Games. Jamaica's Usain Bolt & Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva won the 2008 World Athlete of the Year titles. Read More.

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