AP Photo 8 months ago

Winning Ethiopian athletes Dire Tune, center first prize, Merima Mohammed, left second prize, and Beliaynesh Oljira , third prize, pose with their awards after their win in the TCS World 10K Bangalore 2011 run for women in Bangalore, India, Sunday, June 5, 2011.

AP Photo 8 months ago

Ethiopian athlete Dire Tune, left, joins others to take part in the TCS World 10K Bangalore 2011 run for women in Bangalore, India, Sunday, June 5, 2011. Tune won the race.

AP Photo 10 months ago

Women elite runners, from left, Desiree Davila, of Rochester Hills, Mich. , Dire Tune, of Ethiopia, Sharon Cherop, of Kenya, Caroline Kilel, of Kenya, and Alice Timbilili, of Kenya, compete on the course in Newton, Mass. , during the 115th running of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18,...

AP Photo 10 months ago

Women elite runners, from left, Dire Tune, of Ethiopia, Caroline Kilel, of Kenya, Alice Timbilili, of Kenya, and Sharon Cherop, of Kenya, compete in on the course in Newton, Mass. , during the 115th running of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2011.

AP Photo 10 months ago

The pack, including Caroline Rotich, of Kenya, Dire Tune, of Ethiopia, Caroline Kilel, of Kenya, and Sharon Cherop, of Kenya, overtakes Kim Smith, of New Zealand, second from right, during the 115th running of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2011, in Newton, Mass.

AP Photo 10 months ago

Catherine Ndereba of Kenya, left, the only four-time female champion of the Boston Marathon, Dire Tune of Ethiopia, second left, winner of the 2008 Boston Marathon, Teyba Erkesso of Ethiopia, second right, winner of the 2010 Boston Marathon, and Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot of Kenya,...