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At the 2006 World Road Running Championships she finished fourth in the individual competition.
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At the 2006 World Road Running Championships she finished fourth in the individual competition.
Tune competed in the marathon at the 2005 World Championships. She was then selected to represent her country in the marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and was the only Ethiopian to finish, placing 15th in a time of 2:31:16. After finishing the race, she collapsed and had to be taken to the hospital.
Her agent said the problem was due in part to dehydration combined with the cool weather and the fact that she trained for a shorter race.
Dire Tune holds the One Hour running world record of 18.517 kilometres set June 12, 2008 in Ostrava. The previous record (18,340 m) was set by Tegla Loroupe ten years earlier.
The previous national record (1:08:07) was set by Bezunesh Bekele in 2007 in Udine. The Frankfurt Marathon followed in November and she improve her personal best by almost a minute, running 2:23:44 for the runner-up spot behind Caroline Kilel.
She ran at the Ras First Rate (at Lloyd's) Khaimah Half Marathon a few days later and was the runner-up, albeit some minutes behind a world record-breaking Mary Keitany.
She came close to winning the World"s Best 10K race in Puerto Rico two weeks later, but was edged into second by Sentayehu Ejigu. She topped the podium at the World 10K Bangalore, pipping Merima Mohammed at the line. She ran the marathon at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South of Korea.
Despite running the first 13 miles in the lead pack, she was disqualified after consuming a drink from an unknown person in the crowd, which is against IAAF rules.
3000 metres - 9:02.08 minimum (2003)
5000 metres - 15:47.83 minimum (2003)
Half marathon - 1:07:18 hrs (2009)
Marathon - 2:23:44 hrs (2010)
Hour run - 18.517 km (2008) WR.