Ethiopian starlet Tirunesh Dibaba’s hopes of ending the year with the IAAF Female athlete of the year received a boost this week when she was named in the shortlist of ten women up for the awards.

In an extremely productive year, Tirunesh made history in 2008 by winning double gold over the 5000m and 10000m at the 29th Beijing Olympic Games in China. She also sliced more than five seconds off the world 5000m recod when she won the 2008 Bislett Games in 14:11.15. Other achievements in the year include a third world cross country long course title in Edinburgh, Scotland and an African 10000m record when she won the 10000m Olympic title in Beijing in 29:54.66, the second fastest time in the history of the women’s 10000m.

As a fan, you can help Tirunesh’s chances of winning the coveted award by voting for the Ethiopian star on the official website of the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF). Please click here to go diretly to the voting page.

Source: tiruneshdibaba.net