Mare Dibaba Hurrsa is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She won the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing. Dibaba is not related to track Olympic champion, world record holder and compatriot Tirunesh Dibaba.
Dibaba in the 2014 Boston Marathon
2010 in the sport of athletics
In 2010 there was no obvious, primary athletics championship, as neither the Summer Olympics nor the World Championships in Athletics occurred in the year. The foremost championships to be held in 2010 included: the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, 2010 European Athletics Championships, 2010 African Championships in Athletics, and Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
David Rudisha twice broke the 800 m world record
Blanka Vlašić topped the IAAF, Track & Field News and European Athletics polls.
American sprinter LaShawn Merritt was banned from competition for 21 months.
Shelly-Ann Fraser received a six-month suspension for using a banned painkiller.