26 Jul 2009

Smith finishes third at London Grand Prix meet

6:11 pm on 26 July 2009

The New Zealand runner Kimberley Smith has finished 3rd in the 5,000m at the London Grand Prix meet.

Smith ran 14m 52.49s, just six and a half seconds outside her New Zealand national record set in Rome a year ago.

The race was won by Beijing Olympic Games 5000m and 10,000m gold medallist Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia in 14m 33.65s.

Smith has entered both the 5000m and 10,000m at the forthcoming world champs in Berlin next month.