2011 World Champs/Daegu: Vivian Cheruiyot Wins 10,000m, Kenyan Women go 1-4, Six medals for Kenyan women on Day 1, by Larry Eder

Vivian Cheruiyot, 2011 World Champs, 10,000m, photo by PhotoRun.net

Oh, what a summer Vivian Cheruiyot has had so far! At the DN Galan Games on July 29, Vivian dusted the field, running 14:20 for 5,000 meters. The reigning World, African and Commonwealth Champion was not even in her best event!

Vivian Cheruiyot took sixty seconds to run the last lap and win her World Championship gold medal, running 30:48.98, her personal best. In second Sally Kipyego, the multi NCAA champion, ran hard, and took the silver in 30:50.04. In third, Linet Masai, the defending champion, who lead much of the race, ran 30:53.59 for the bronze, and Priscah Cherono took fourth for Kenya in 30:56.43 for a personal best. Meselech Melkamu, the silver medalist from Berlin, finished fifth in 30:56.55, with Shitaye Eshete of Bahrain set a national record of 31:21.57 for sixth.

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Vivian Cheruiyot, the moment of victory, 2011 WC 10,000m, photo by PhotoRun.net

Such was the domination of Kenyan women today that they won all six of the World Championship medals contested so far! Former WC gold medalist Steve Cram noted that Britain’s goal for the entire champs is seven medals!

A race with so many superlatives!

Shalane Flanagan took the race pace chores early, hitting 5:04, 10:10 for 3,200 meters, before Linet Masai took over the pace, and lead through the 5,000 meter mark in 15:47.2.

Sally Kipyego took over and ran through 6,000 meters, pushing the pace and breaking the race wide open. Linet Masai then took over again, trying with all of her might to break Sally Kipyego and Vivian Cheruiyot, who was lurking, always lurking.

Meseret Defar stayed close until just after 7,000 meters. When she was dropped by the torrid pace of Masai, Defar retired from the competition, just after 8,000 meters.

Vivian Cheruiyot, Sally Kipyego, WC 10,000m, 2011/Daegu, photo by PhotoRun.net

Masai was relentless, with Kipyego, Cheruiyot and Masai at her shoulder, Masai pushed through 7,000m, 8,000m and 9,000 meters. Vivian Cheruiyot did not go to the front until just before the last lap. The bell lap, hit in 29:47, was mastered by Cheruiyot, who took just under 61 seconds (60.8) to cover, and Vivian Cheruiyot held off the tough charge by Sally Kipyego, who took the silver.

A great race to start the first night of the World Championships. Cool and windy, the conditions were still humid and the race lived up to most of it’s hype.

World Championships
Daegu (KOR) 27 August – 4 September 2011
RESULTS
10,000 Metres Women – Final
27 AUG 2011
RESULT NAME AGE VENUE DATE
World Record 29:31.78 Junxia WANG (CHN) 8 Sep 93
Championships Record 30:04.18 Berhane ADERE (ETH) Paris St. Denis 23 Aug 03
World Leading Mark 30:38.35 Sally KIPYEGO (KEN) Palo Alto, CA 1 May 11

START TIME 20:57
TEMPERATURE
25Â°C
HUMIDITY
68%

PLACE BIB NAME COUNTRY DATE OF BIRTH RESULT
1   573 V.J. CHERUIYOT   KEN   11 SEP 83   30:48.98   PB
ë¹„ë¹„ì•ˆ ì œí”„ì¼€ëª¨ì´ ì²´ë¦¬ìš”íŠ¸
1983ë…„ 9ì›” 11ì¼
2   579 Sally KIPYEGO   KEN   19 DEC 85   30:50.04
ìƒë¦¬ í‚¤íŽ˜ê³
1985ë…„ 12ì›” 19ì¼
3   583 Linet Chepkwemoi MASAI   KEN   5 DEC 89   30:53.59   SB
ë¦¬ë„· ì³…ì¼€ëª¨ì´ ë§ˆì‚¬ì´
1989ë…„ 12ì›” 5ì¼
4   571 P.J. CHERONO   KEN   27 JUN 80   30:56.43   PB
í”„ë¦¬ìŠ¤ì¹´ ì œí”„ëž˜íŒ… ì²´ë¡œë…¸
1980ë…„ 6ì›” 27ì¼
5   352 Meselech MELKAMU   ETH   27 APR 85   30:56.55   SB
ë©”ì…€ë ˆí¬ ë©œì¹´ë¬´
1985ë…„ 4ì›” 27ì¼
6   183 Shitaye ESHETE   BRN   21 MAY 90   31:21.57   NR
ì‹œíƒ€ì˜ˆ ì—ìŠ¤ížˆíŠ¸
1990ë…„ 5ì›” 21ì¼
7   936 Shalane FLANAGAN   USA   8 JUL 81   31:25.57
ìƒ¬ë ˆì¸ í”„ë¼ë‚˜ê°„
1981ë…„ 7ì›” 8ì¼
8   721 Ana Dulce FEÌLIX   POR   23 OCT 82   31:37.03
ì•ˆë‚˜ ë“€ì‹œ íŽ ë¦ìŠ¤
1982ë…„ 10ì›” 23ì¼
9   971 Jennifer RHINES   USA   1 JUL 74   31:47.59
ì œë‹ˆí¼ ë ˆì¸ìŠ¤
1974ë…„ 7ì›” 1ì¼
10   716 Jessica AUGUSTO   POR   8 NOV 81   32:06.68   SB
ì œì‹œì¹´ ì•„êµ¬ìŠ¤í†
1981ë…„ 11ì›” 8ì¼
11   350 Tigist KIROS   ETH   8 JUN 92   32:11.37
í‹°ì§€ìŠ¤íŠ¸ í‚¤ë¡œìŠ¤
1992ë…„ 6ì›” 8ì¼
12   361 Christelle DAUNAY   FRA   5 DEC 74   32:22.20
í¬ë¦¬ìŠ¤í…” ë‹¤ìš°ë‚˜ì´
1974ë…„ 12ì›” 5ì¼
13   944 Kara GOUCHER   USA   9 JUL 78   32:29.58
ì¹´ë¼ ê°€ìš°ì²˜
1978ë…„ 7ì›” 9ì¼
14   556 YOSHIMOTO Hikari   JPN   14 JAN 90   32:32.22
ìš”ì‹œëª¨í† ížˆì¹´ë¦¬
1990ë…„ 1ì›” 14ì¼
15   553 SUGIHARA Kayo   JPN   24 FEB 83   32:53.89
ìŠ¤ê¸°í•˜ë¼ ì¹´ìš”
1983ë…„ 2ì›” 24ì¼
16   468 Krisztina PAPP   HUN   17 DEC 82   32:56.02
í¬ë¦¬ìŠ¤í‹°ë‚˜ íŒ
1982ë…„ 12ì›” 17ì¼
17   544 KINUKAWA Megumi   JPN   7 AUG 89   34:08.37   SB
í‚¤ëˆ„ì¹´ì™€ ë©”êµ¬ë¯¸
1989ë…„ 8ì›” 7ì¼
343 Meseret DEFAR   ETH   19 NOV 83   DNF
ë©”ì„¸ë ˆíŠ¸ ë°íŒŒë¥´
1983ë…„ 11ì›” 19ì¼
125 Eloise WELLINGS   AUS   9 NOV 82   DNS
ì—˜ë¡œì´ìŠ¤ ì›°ë§ìŠ¤
1982ë…„ 11ì›” 9ì¼

Timing and Measurement by SEIKO
AT-10K-W-f–1–.RS1.v1
Issued at 21:49 on Saturday, 27 August 2011
World Championships
Daegu (KOR) 27 August – 4 September 2011

27 AUG 2011
INTERMEDIATE TIMES
RESULTS
10,000 Metres Women – Final

1000m 3:13.5 Shalane Flanagan (USA)
2000m 6:23.5 Shalane Flanagan (USA)
3000m 9:32.4 Shalane Flanagan (USA)
4000m 12:42.6 Linet Masai (KEN)
5000m 15:47.5 Linet Masai (KEN)
6000m 18:50.8 Sally Kipyego (KEN)
7000m 21:55.8 Linet Masai (KEN)
8000m 24:55.2 Linet Masai (KEN)
9000m 27:58.6 Linet Masai (KEN)

Author

Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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