2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres

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Women's 10,000 metres
at the 2015 World Championships
Vivian Cheruiyot Beijing 2015.jpg
Victorious Vivian Cheruiyot ahead of Gelete Burka
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates24 August
Competitors25 from 14 nations
Winning time31:41.31
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  2013
2017  

The women's 10,000 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 24 August. [1]

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Summary

The reigning champion from 2013 Tirunesh Dibaba was absent from the competition, having decided to take a career break to start a family. [2] [3]

Coming into the bell, the lead pack, led by Molly Huddle had dwindled to eight, with Belaynesh Oljira and Susan Kuijken trying to hold on. The field adjusted for the final kick through the turn, Gelete Burka the first to pounce as soon as they reached the back stretch. Betsy Saina fell off the back but the rest stayed in close order drill. It took Vivian Cheruiyot another 50 metres to get pas Huddle then she quickly moved to Burka's shoulder, literally bumping shoulders a couple of times as they entered the turn. Cheruiyot moved past Burka who then followed Cheruiyot through the turn repositioning herself for a final kick coming off the turn. Burka made her move, with 100 meters to go Cheruiyot looked directly into Burka's eyes and the battle was on. For the next 50 meters they raced with Cheruiyot always maintaining the edge. Then it was clear Burka would not get there and the gap opened as Burka struggled. Huddle continued chasing, losing ground to the leaders. Behind her Emily Infeld was sprinting and moved past a celebrating Huddle just one meter before the finish line. [4]

The top 9 runners were from just three countries. Had this been scored by cross country rules, it would be USA 13 (1:35:13.30), Kenya 14 (1:35:17.08), Ethiopia 18 (1:35:24.51). Vivian Cheruiyot returns to top the podium after winning in 2011 and not attempting to defend the title in 2013.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: [5]

World record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Junxia Wang  (CHN)29:31.78 Beijing, China8 September 1993
Championship record Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Berhane Adere  (ETH)30:04.18 Paris, France23 August 2003
World leadingFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Gelete Burka  (ETH)30:49.68 Hengelo, Netherlands17 June 2015
African record Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Meselech Melkamu  (ETH)29:53.80 Utrecht, Netherlands14 June 2009
Asian record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Junxia Wang  (CHN)29:31.78Beijing, China8 September 1993
NACAC record Flag of the United States.svg  Shalane Flanagan  (USA)30:22.22Beijing, China15 August 2008
South American record Flag of Brazil.svg  Carmem de Oliveira  (BRA)31:47.76 Stuttgart, Germany21 August 1993
European record Flag of Turkey.svg  Elvan Abeylegesse  (TUR)29:56.34Beijing, China15 August 2008
Oceanian record Flag of New Zealand.svg  Kim Smith  (NZL)30:35.54 Palo Alto, United States4 May 2008

Qualification standards

Entry standards [6]
32:00.00

Schedule

DateTimeRound
24 August 201520:35 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

The race was started at 20:35. [7]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Vivian Cheruiyot Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)31:41.31
Silver medal icon.svg Gelete Burka Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)31:41.77
Bronze medal icon.svg Emily Infeld Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)31:43.49
4 Molly Huddle Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)31:43.58
5 Sally Kipyego Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)31:44.42 SB
6 Shalane Flanagan Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)31:46.23
7 Alemitu Heroye Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)31:49.73
8 Betsy Saina Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)31:51.35 SB
9 Belaynesh Oljira Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)31:53.01
10 Susan Kuijken Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)31:54.32
11 Jip Vastenburg Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)32:03.03
12 Sara Moreira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)32:06.14
13 Kasumi Nishihara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)32:12.95
14 Brenda Flores Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)32:15.26
15 Kate Avery Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)32:16.19
16 Trihas Gebre Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)32:20.87
17 Juliet Chekwel Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda  (UGA)32:20.95 NR
18 Lanni Marchant Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)32:22.50
19 Ana Dulce Félix Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)32:26.07
20 Yuka Takashima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)32:27.79
21 Almensh Belete Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)32:47.62 SB
22 Rei Ohara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)32:47.74
23 Natasha Wodak Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)32:59.20
24 Nazret Weldu Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea  (ERI)35:14.18 SB
Alia Saeed Mohammed Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates  (UAE) DNF

References

  1. "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. Mulkeen, Jon (2014-11-05). Pregnant Tirunesh Dibaba to miss 2015 season. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-08-16.
  3. Start list
  4. "REPORT: WOMEN'S 10,000M – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  5. "Records & Lists – 10,000 meters". IAAF . Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  6. IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 18 August 2015
  7. Final results