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Sports Briefing | Track and Field: Genzebe Dibaba Sets Indoor Mile Record

Genzebe Dibaba set a women’s world record in the indoor mile in Stockholm on Wednesday, beating a record that had stood for 26 years. Dibaba, an Ethiopian, was timed in 4 minutes 13.31 seconds. She beat Doina Melinte’s mark, set in East Rutherford, N.J., in 1990, by four seconds.