Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia celebrates after winning the women's 10,000m final of the athletics competition in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 15, 2008. [Agencies]

BEIJING--Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba clocked an Olympic record of 29:54.68 to win the women's 10,000m gold medal at the Olympic Games here on Friday.

Ethiopian-born Turkey runner Elvan Abeylegesse took the silver in 29:56.34. Shalana Flanagan of the United States won the bronze in 30:22.22.