Athletics
Kenya’s Hellen Obiri makes history, wins gold in women’s 5000m in Doha, Qatar
Kenya has again made history at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar.
Kenya’s Hellen Obiri retained her title in the women’s 5000m in a World Championships Record of 14:26.7 on Saturday.
Her compatriot Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi claimed silver in a time of 14:27.4.
Konstanze Klosterhalfen of Germany, part of the Nike-backed Oregon Project whose head coach Alberto Salazar was banned for four years earlier in the week, won bronze in 14min 28.43sec.
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14:26.72 for a #WorldAthleticsChamps record with an impressive 58 seconds final lap secure her back-to-back world titles. pic.twitter.com/L0udeiuIFR — IAAF (@iaaforg) October 5, 2019
Obiri, failed to shine at her Worlds 10,000m debut at the ongoing World Championships in Doha.
At the 10,000m final won by Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan, Obiri look beaten but returned to 5,000m heats with resounding performance posting the fastest qualifying time of 14:52.13 on Wednesday.
In March this year, Obiri became the first woman to win outdoors, indoors and cross country world individual titles at the senior level to emulate Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia during the World country championships in Aarhus, Denmark and would love to close the season with another victory.
Obiri, also the 5,000m Olympics silver medallist, finished fourth at the IAAF Diamond League final in Brussels last month but has the fastest time so far this season, 14:20.36, set in the race at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in London