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Her next run came in November at the New Delhi Half Marathon, where she finished in eighth place but slightly improved her time to 1:10:28.
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Her next run came in November at the New Delhi Half Marathon, where she finished in eighth place but slightly improved her time to 1:10:28.
According to the news appeared on United States News and World Sport, she is not related to her compatriot Tirunesh Dibaba. Her first high profile outing came at the Ethiopian 20 km championships in 2007 and she took sixth place, running for Oromia Police. She made her international debut at the 2008 Udine Half Marathon and the eighteen-year-old ran a personal best of 1:10:32 hours for second place behind Anikó Kálovics.
Mare briefly transferred to compete for Azerbaijan in 2009, running under the name Mare Ibrahimova, but after she was revealed to be overage for the European Athletics Junior Championships she returned to compete for her country of birth.
Among her competitions representing Azerbaijan was a sixth-place finish at the 2009 Delhi Half Marathon, at which she much improved her time for the distance by crossing the line in 1:08:45 (an Azerbaijani record). Having reverted to her Ethiopian citizenship, she further established herself at the Ras First Rate (at Lloyd's) Khaimah Half Marathon, coming in second place behind Elvan Abeylegesse.
She had led the race at the 20 km mark and her time of 1:03:47 for that point was the fastest recorded by any woman in 2010, while her half marathon time of 1:07:13 was the second fastest of the year. She made her marathon debut in March with a quick 2:25:38 time for third at the Rome Marathon.
She was one of the leading names at the Frankfurt Marathon but, in spite of a personal best of 2:25:27, she managed only fifth place in the quick-paced race.
Mare managed third place at the Ras First Rate (at Lloyd's) Khaimah Half Marathon in February 2011. Although she was the pre-race favourite at the Los Angeles Marathon in March, she was defeated by both Bezunesh Deba and Amy Hastings and came third with a comparatively slow time of 2:30:25 hours. She was the runner-up at the Bogota Half Marathon in August.
She improved her marathon best to 2:23:25 hours at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon in October, finishing as runner-up behind Koren Yal.
A sixth-place finish followed at the Delhi Half Marathon. As a result, she was selected for the marathon team at the 2012 London Olympics, but she was somewhat slower in the Olympic marathon, running a time of 2:28:48 hours and finishing 23rd.
Her last performance of the year was a runner-up finish at the Philadelphia Half Marathon.