The Women's

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at the

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was held at the

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on August 27. Kenya entered a strong team including the 2009 champion

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, the reigning

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world champion

Vivian Cheruiyot Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot (born 11 September 1983) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in track and cross country running. She represented Kenya at the Summer Olympics in 2000, 2008, 2012, and 2016, winning a silver medal at the 5 ...

, and

Sally Kipyego Sally Jepkosgei Kipyego (born 19 December 1985) is a Kenyan-born American long- and middle-distance runner. She was the silver medalist in the 10,000 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and the silver medalist in the same race ...

– the fastest 10,000 m runner that year. The next strongest competitors were the Ethiopian women, which included the 2009 runner-up

Meselech Melkamu Meselech Melkamu born 27 April 1985 in Debre Marqos) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She defeated Meseret Defar to win the 5000 metres gold medal at the 2008 African Athletics Championships, but she is better known for her 29:53.80 run ...

and

Meseret Defar Meseret Defar Tola (Amharic: መሠረት ደፋር; born 19 November 1983) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes chiefly in the 3000 metres and 5000 metres events. She has won medals at top-tier international competitions including O ...

. The United States was represented by 2007 World bronze medallist

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and 2008 Olympic third placer

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(who was the second fastest that year).Johnson, Len (2011-08-22)
Women's 10,000m - PREVIEW
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set the pace in the initial stages of the competition. After around 3000 metres, the Kenyan and Ethiopian teams asserted themselves and it was only Flanagan and

Shitaye Eshete Shitaye Eshete Habtegebrel (born 21 May 1990) is an Ethiopian-born long-distance runner who competes internationally for Bahrain. Debut She first began competing for the oil-rich Gulf state in 2009, making her debut at the Asian Cross Countr ...

who maintained the positions with them. The leading pack reached the halfway point in 15:47.04 minutes and the pace became increasingly quicker at this point – a fact which saw Tigist Kiros fall away from the pack. Flanagan and Eshete were the next to trail away, then Meseret Defar dropped out entirely with stomach pains, reducing the leading pack to the four Kenyans (Masai, Cheruiyot, Kipyego and Priscah Jepleting Cherono) and Meselech Melkamu. In the final lap, it was Cheruiyot and Kipyego who surged away into the lead. Cheruiyot held off her compatriot near the finish line to win the gold with a personal best of 30:48.98 minutes in what was only her third ever race over the distance. Kipyego took second, while Masai had a late run to take the bronze for a Kenyan sweep of the medals. Cherono was the fourth woman across the line and Meselech took fifth.Johnson, Len (2011-08-27)
Women's 10,000m Final - Cheruiyot leads Kenyan 1-2-3-4 (!) finish
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Cheruiyot wins 10,000m as Kenya dominate once more
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''. Retrieved on 2011-08-28. Eshete ran a Bahraini record of 31:21.57 minutes for sixth. Kenya became only the third country to have its athletes take positions one through four in an event (the other two being Ethiopia in the women's

and the United States in the men's

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, both at 2005 World Championships). The podium sweep was also unique in that it was the first time any nation had won all the medals on one day of the championships, as Kenyan women had taken all three medals in the women's marathon (the only other final of the first day).

Medalists

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Final

References

External links

10,000 metres results
at IAAF website {{DEFAULTSORT:2011 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 10, 000 metres 10000 10,000 metres at the World Athletics Championships 2011 in women's athletics