World Distance Running Queen, Tirunesh Dibaba,
of Ethiopia with a massive kick of 59 seconds over the last lap, won her 3rd 10000m world championship title in Moscow. She has now won total of 5 world titles on the track - 2 in 5000m and 3 in 10000m. No other
distance runner in the world has done it.
Second place took Kenyan Gladys Cherono 30:45.17and 3rd place took Belaynesh Oljira of Ethiopia 30:46.98. Hitomi Niiya of Japan, who led the most of the race up until last 500m faded to 5th place in the final lap, but ran a brilliant pr of 30:56.7.
Final Results
1 |
Tirunesh Dibaba | ![]() |
30:43.35 | |
2 | Gladys Cherono | ![]() |
30:45.17 | |
3 | Belaynesh Oljira | ![]() |
30:46.98 | |
4 | Emily Chebet | ![]() |
30:47.02 | PB |
5 | Hitomi Niiya | ![]() |
30:56.70 | PB |
6 | Shitaye Eshete | ![]() |
31:13.79 | SB |
7 | Selly Chepyego Kaptich | ![]() |
31:22.11 | PB |
8 | Shalane Flanagan | ![]() |
31:34.83 | |
9 | Ababel Yeshaneh | ![]() |
32:02.09 | |
10 | Christelle Daunay | ![]() |
32:04.44 | SB |
11 | Marisol Romero | ![]() |
32:16.36 | |
12 | Jordan Hasay | ![]() |
32:17.93 | |
13 | Ana Dulce Félix | ![]() |
32:36.73 | |
14 | Amy Hastings | ![]() |
32:51.19 | |
15 | Karolina Jarzynska | ![]() |
32:54.15 | |
16 | Juliet Chekwel | ![]() |
32:57.02 | NR |
17 | Gulshat Fazlitdinova | ![]() |
33:31.49 | |
Sabrina Mockenhaupt | ![]() |
DNF | ||
Lara Tamsett | ![]() |
DNF |