World Athletics Championships 2017 / 10,000 m women

2017 World Athletics Championships
discipline	Women's 10,000-meter run
city	London
place	Olympic Stadium London
Participants	33 athletes from 20 countries
Competition phase	5th August 2017
Medalists
gold	Almaz Ayana ( ETH )
silver	Tirunesh Dibaba ( ETH )
bronze	Agnes Jebet Tirop ( KEN )

World champion and silver medalist: Almaz Ayana and Tirunesh Dibaba , both from Ethiopia

The women's 10,000 meter run at the 2017 World Athletics Championships took place in London , United Kingdom on August 5, 2017 .

There was a double victory for Ethiopia. Almaz Ayana was world champion ahead of Tirunesh Dibaba . The Kenyan Agnes Jebet Tirop won the bronze medal.

Records

World record	Almaz Ayana	29: 17.45 min	Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil	August 12, 2016
Championship record	Berhane Adere	30: 04.18 min	World Cup in Paris , France	August 23, 2003

Starting position

As for several years, the favorites in this race were mainly runners from Africa. The 2016 Olympic champion and 2015 world champion over 5000 meters Almaz Ayana from Ethiopia were given the best chances . One of her strongest competitors was her compatriot Tirunesh Dibaba, who was world champion over 5000 meters in 2003 and in the years that followed she was multiple world champion and Olympic champion over both long-distance railways. In addition, was also to be expected of the Kenyan Olympic Fourth of 2016 Alice Aprot Nawowuna, the two US women Emily Infeld as WM -Dritter of 2015 and Molly Huddle as WM -Vierter of 2015 and the other representatives of Ethiopia and Kenya.

Race course

For four kilometers, little happened in this final - the 10,000 meter run was held without prior heats. The race was almost leisurely given the class of top runners, but it got a little faster from kilometer to kilometer. So the field remained almost closed for a long time. After four thousand meters, however, Ayana accelerated and was able to pull away alone. The pace was very fast now, the field was falling more and more into smaller groups and groups. Ayana's lead grew from lap to lap. After six thousand meters, she was seven seconds ahead of a group of five with the three Kenyans Nawowuna, Agnes Tirop and Chepet Cheptai, Dibaba and the Turkish European champion Yasemin Can. At eight kilometer the gap between Ayana's pursuers had increased to 27 seconds, Can had to let go and was even further behind. Later on, Cheptai also lost touch, so that the chasing group had shrunk to three runners one kilometer from the finish. Ayana's lead, which continued to maintain its impressive pace, was already 47 seconds.

World Champion Almaz Ayana, Ethiopia

Vice World Champion Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia

The Kenyan Alice Nawowuna finished fourth

The Dutchwoman Susan Krumins came in fifth

The Kenyan Irene Cheptai came in seventh

In the last thousand meters, Nawowuna lost contact in the chasing group and fell back. So the decision about silver had to be made between Dibaba and Tirop. At the finish, the new world champion Almaz Ayana, who no longer had to attack her last reserves, had a lead of around 46 seconds. The sprint for the silver medal was finally won by the 32-year-old Tirunesh Dibaba, Agnes Jebet Tirop won bronze. Alice Aprot Nawowuna was fourth a little more than eight seconds behind. The Dutchwoman Susan Krumins finished fifth ahead of Emily Infeld. Irene Chepet Cheptai came in seventh place, Molly Huddle reached eighth place.

Split times
Intermediate mark	Meanwhile	Leading	1000 m time
1000 m	3: 30.03 min	Sitora Hamidova with the complete field	3: 30.03 min
2000 m	6: 48.76 min	Sitora Hamidova with the complete field	3: 18.73 min
3000 m	9: 59.21 min	Sitora Hamidova with the complete field	3: 10.45 min
4000 m	13: 03.20 min	Almaz Ayana with almost the entire field	3: 03.99 min
5000 m	15: 51.31 min	Ayana - approx. 6 s before Can - approx. 8 s before Nawowuna, Cheptai, Tirop, Dibaba, Eshete	2: 47.32 min
6000 m	18: 42.97 min	Ayana - approx. 7 s before Nawowuna, Can, Tirop, Cheptai, Dibaba - approx. 17 s before Eshete	2: 51.66 min
7000 m	21: 35.19 min	Ayana - approx. 27 s before Nawowuna, Tirop, Dibaba, Can, Cheptai - approx. 46 s before a group of 8	2: 52.22 min
8000 m	24: 30.03 min	Ayana - approx. 37 s before Nawowuna, Tirop, Cheptai, Dibaba - approx. 45 s before Can	2: 54.81 min
9000 m	27: 26.83 min	Ayana - approx. 47 s before Tirop, Nawowuna, Dibaba - approx. 50 s before Cheptai - approx. 62 s before a group of 6	2: 56.80 min
10,000 m	30: 16.32 min	Almaz Ayana	2: 49.52 min

Result

August 5, 2017, 8:10 p.m. local time (9:10 p.m. CEST )

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
	Almaz Ayana	Ethiopia	30: 16.32 WL
	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	31: 02.69 SB
	Agnes Jebet Tirop	Kenya	31: 03.50 PB
4th	Alice Aprot Nawowuna	Kenya	31: 11.86 SB
5	Susan Krumins	Netherlands	31: 20.24 PB
6th	Emily Infeld	United States	31: 20.45 PB
7th	Irene Chepet Cheptai	Kenya	31: 21.11 SB
8th	Molly Huddle	United States	31: 24.78
9	Emily Sisson	United States	31: 26.36
10	Ayuko Suzuki	Japan	31: 27.30 SB
11	Yasemin Can	Turkey	31: 35.48
12	Shitaye Eshete	Bahrain	31: 38.66 SB
13	Mercyline Chelangat	Uganda	31: 40.48 PB
14th	Dera Dida	Ethiopia	31: 51.75
15th	Desi Mokonin	Bahrain	31: 55.34
16	Natasha Wodak	Canada	31: 55.47 SB
17th	Daria Maslova	Kyrgyzstan	31: 57.23 SB
18th	Sitora Hamidova	Uzbekistan	31: 57.42 NO
19th	Mizuki Matsuda	Japan	31: 59.54
20th	Rachel Cliff	Canada	32: 00.03 PB
21st	Beth Potter	Great Britain	32: 15.88
22nd	Eloise Wellings	Australia	32: 26.31 SB
23	Failuna Abdi Matanga	Tanzania	32: 29.97
24	Miyuki Uehara	Japan	32: 31.58
25th	Salome Nyirarukundo	Rwanda	32: 45.95 SB
26th	Madeline Hills	Australia	32: 48.57
27	Charlotte Taylor	Great Britain	32: 51.33
28	Carla Salomé Rocha	Portugal	32: 52.71
29	Margarita Hernández	Mexico	33: 06.53
30th	Camille Buscomb	New Zealand	33: 07.53
31	Carmen Patricia Martínez	Paraguay	33: 18,22 NO
| DNF	Sarah Lahti	Sweden	|
	Jess Martin	Great Britain

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  Molly Huddle, USA - eighth place

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  Ayuko Suzuki, Japan - tenth place

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  Yasemin Can, Turkey - eleventh place

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  Shitaye Eshete, Bahrain - Twelfth place

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  Natasha Wodak, Canada - sixteenth place

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  Daria Masloca, Kyrgyzstan - Seventeenth place

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  Sitora Hamidova, Uzbekistan - 18th place

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  Mizuki Matsuda, Japan - 19th place

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  Rachel Cliff, Canada - 20th place

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  Eloise Wellings, Australia - 21st place

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  Miyuki Uehara, Japan - 24th place

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  Madeline Hills, Australia - 26th place

Web links

• Homepage for the 2017 World Championships, 10,000 m women on the IAAF website (English), accessed on December 11, 2018
• Results of the 2017 World Athletics Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on December 11, 2018
• Reports on the 2017 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on December 11, 2018

Video

• Almaz Ayana wins the 10000m final at the 2017 IAAF world championship final 2017 in London on youtube.com, published on August 9, 2017, accessed on December 11, 2018