Obiri clashes with Dibaba: The 5,000-meter world champion seeks to redeem himself in Rab

Kenyan Hellen Obiri and Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba will renew their rivalry in the 5000m at the Rabat Diamond League on July 13.
Dibaba, world record holder in the 5000m and Olympic silver medalist on distance, is also the fifth Obiri is the Olympic silver medalist and world champion in the 5000m, including 14: 18, 37 fastest time of 2017, ranks eighth fastest of all time.
Their career path has crossed twice the distance, first at Golden Gala Diamond League last year, the race in which Obiri produced his best of life, winning the victory with Dibaba finishing a distant sixth. Dibaba returned earlier this season, winning at 14: 26.89 in Eugene, with Obiri third, almost ten seconds behind.
The meeting record belongs to two-time Olympic champion Almaz Ayana 2016, who clocked 14: 16.31 in 2016, the sixth fastest time of all time. Obiri had a mixed season on the Diamond League this year, finishing 14th in the first game of the season in Doha and third in the Prefontaine Clbadic. In Doha, she clocked a time of 8: 53.65 in the 3,000m race. In Eugene, she finished in 14: 35.03 to finish third.
Obiri said the meeting in Rabat will be the perfect preparation for the Africa Championship in Nigeria in August, where she wants to win her first gold medal in the 12-lap race after winning the 1500m title in Marrakech in 2014. "It's the only one I have not won on the African continent and I'm confident in my preparation, I can win," added Obiri.

Elsewhere, major power battles will dominate the meeting of the Diamond League of Lausanne today. The women's 100m should be explosive with the 100m and 200m silver medalist Marie-Josee Ta Lou against Elaine Thompson, champion of the 100 and 200m Rio 2016 Olympic Games, and 200m world champion Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands. The 100m world champion in Berlin next month.
Ta Lou, world leader in the 100m with a personal best of 10.85sec, had a rare day in Paris finishing third in the 200m in 22.50. Lausanne offers him the opportunity to present his credentials as future champion. For Thompson and Schippers, meanwhile, it will be a perfect opportunity to go under 11 seconds this season.