Forgive me guys she looks like a man to me..I remember Kenya protested that Caster Simenya of AZANIA was a man back then and as result of our protest,she had to be subjected to a GENDER TEST..The black female athletes from Jomeka,Bahamas and USA are so good looking.Tegemeo la Kenya katika mita 800 Rio2016 Olympic Games
Margaret Nyairera WAMBUI KEN - 800m
Mkuu,
Mkuu,
Umenikumbusha Caster Semenya wa South Africa, hawa wawili watakutana ktk mita 800
wahahhahahahah! sikuiona, leo ntangoja ile re otded version niangalie hioya 5000m, must have been sweet revange!!!!!!!GO GO VIVIAN AND OBIRI....1...2 FINISH...SWEET REVENGE ON AYANA..
Rio 2016: Vivian Cheruiyot wins first gold medal for Kenya in women's 5000m run
Cheruiyot shocked Almaz Ayana, the women's 10,000 champion, after chasing her down in the final mile of the race.
By Liam Boylan-Pett @liam_bp Aug 19, 2016, 6:01p tweet
Almaz Ayana was about to stamp her greatness on Rio. She led by a wide margin with less than a mile to go in the 5,000 meters. Then she fell apart, and the Kenyans took advantage. Vivian Cheruiyot overtook Ayana and blew by her to win Olympic gold while setting an Olympic record of 14:26.
Hellen Obiri passed Ayana as well to win the silver in 14:29 for a 1-2 Kenyan finish -- they had never even won gold -- as Ayana held on for bronze in 14:33.
After winning the 10,000 meters on Aug. 12 in a world record, Ayana was unable to deliver again. She had run 14:31 for the final half of that 10,000 race, so Tirunesh Dibaba's world record of 14:11 seemed in jeopardy. Dibaba was the last runner to complete the 10,000/5,000 double, winning both events in 2008. It wasn't meant to be for Ayana, however.
Ayana bided her time in the 5,000, running behind a Japanese runner through the first four laps before taking off with 3,400 meters to go. A chase pack of Kenyans did their best to stay close, but the race appeared over.
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All of a sudden, though, the Kenyans started reeling her in, and in stunning fashion. Cheruiyot blew by her on her way to a shocking gold.
Ayana led eight different runners -- including herself -- to national records in the 10,000 meters, but she couldn't do it again, even though Cheruiyot broke the Olympic record.
Shelby Houlihan, the only U.S. runner in the field, took 11th place. Abbey D'Agostino had been accepted into the final after falling in the preliminary and going viral, but she didn't race because she tore her ACL after the fall -- making it even more remarkable that she finished the final mile of the race.
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You missed the action ..it was a race to rememberOoops, after seeing Almaz destroy the 10000m field i never even bothered to watch the 5000m, what a shame. i feel proud of Vivian
the only thing we can do is improve their training facilities and have good management, treat them well and pray for the bestKafrican that's what happens when a country's got too much running talent, others buy the excess supply for their own consumption.
Funny how we from the comfort of our living rooms complain about the chick who decided to run for Bahrain, but go mum when we do nothing or very little to uplift them in the first place. She went to a country that fetes her achievements, regardless of her origins and heck, they might even name a street after her. In exchange, they gave her a hefty sum and a lifetime stipend (peanuts by their standards).She doesn't even have to be called Hawa abdallah suleiman. Not a bad deal if you ask me. We don't even take good care of our sporting legends while active, how are young uns going to be motivated. Anyone remember Bernard Lagat if USA?They should be glad that they walk away with any money at all, before Kibaki came into the fray there never used to be any cash prize for winning but he introduced and Uhuru kept it going. Kenya can never compete with countries like Bahrain or Qatar when it comes to remuneration; there will always be better countries. But if you thought it was a Kenyan thing, think again. The world has woken up to the fact that they may have to buy talent to excel in Olympics. Look at Turkey, USA, Britain, Portugal and tell me where the influx of all those black athletes came from. Has anyone noted that the American team has a Nigerian woman? Did anyone notice the influx of Chinese ancestry athletes in games like table tennis?