Meseret Defar breaks 5,000 indoor record

Meseret Defar of Ethiopia broke the women\'s 5,000-meter indoor world record by more than three seconds in clocking 14 minutes, 24 point three to seven seconds at the GE Gala meet in Stockholm.



Tirunesh Dibaba, also of Ethiopia, set the old mark of 14 minutes 27 point four to two seconds in 2007.



With the win, Defar extended her unbeaten indoor streak to 18 races since March 2003.



Defar took the lead with about 3,000 left in the 34-lap race and lapped most of the seven other finishers twice.



Maria Konovalova of Russia was a distant runner-up in 15 minutes 42 point three to seven.