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2 unusual facts about Zakia Mrisho Mohamed


Tanzania at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Half the team had competed in Beijing, including long-distance runner Zakia Mrisho Mohamed, who was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Zakia Mrisho Mohamed

Mrisho was selected as one of three representative for Africa in the women's 5000 m at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup (along with Vivian Cheruiyot and Sentayehu Ejigu and she finished in fifth place.She won the adidas Women's 5K in Prague in September 2010, beating runner-up and defending champion Gladys Otero by a margin of seventeen seconds.



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