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Kenya sweeps podiums on Day 1
(ATTN: CHANGES slug, headline; UPDATES with women's 10,000 meters; ADDS photo)
By Yoo Jee-ho
DAEGU, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- Kenya swept podiums on the first day of the World Championships in Athletics Saturday, claiming all six medals available in women's marathon and women's 10,000 meters.
Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot won the women's 10,000節? at 30 minutes and 48.98 seconds for her personal best and her first world title in the distance. Teammate Sally Kipyego was second at 30:50.04, and defending world champion Linet Chepkwemoi Masai ended in third at 30:53.59.
Cheruiyot had won the gold in 5000m in the previous championships in Berlin.
The 10,000節? sweep came hours after a trio of Kenyan women ruled the marathon podium for the first medals of the championships. Edna Ngeringwony Kiplagat won the marathon with 2:28:43, followed by Priscah Jeptoo and Sharon Jemutai Cherop. Kenya became the first country to sweep marathon medals, both men's and women's, at the world championships.
Cheruiyot said she and her 10,000節? teammates drew motivation from the Kenyan marathoners.
"We were inspired by the marathon girls and we wanted to achieve the same," Cheruiyot said. "Kenya will continue to do great in Daegu."
In the 25-lap 10,000節?, Masai charged ahead with 17 laps to go, closely pursued by Priscah Jepleting Cherono and Cheruiyot. Kipyego soon joined the pack, and it was almost all Kenya the rest of the way.
Cheruiyot first built her lead with nine laps left, and after some jostling with her teammates, she took the top position for good over the final two laps.
Ethiopia's Meselech Melkamu tried to stop Kenyans' sweep but ended up third.
Cheruiyot will seek a long-distance double in 5,000節?, which starts Tuesday.
In marathon, runners from Kenya, Ethiopia and Japan jostled for positions halfway through, before Kiplagat, Jeptoo, Cherop and Ethiopia's Aberu Kebede opened up some distance at the 35??? mark. Kebede soon fell behind, allowing the three Kenyans to sweep the medals on the relatively flat loop course cutting through downtown Daegu. The course was divided into two laps of a 15??? course and one lap of 12.195???
Kiplagat, 31, came in with the year's fastest time in the field. Kenya's Mary Keitany and Russia's Liliya Shobukhova, owners of the season's two best times, did not compete.
"I am very happy because I didn't know I was going to win," Kiplagat said. This was only her fourth marathon. "I thought if I run the way I did my last two, three marathons, I would have a chance."
She was in the middle of the pack at the 20??? point, and later said it was "part of my strategy to try to run my second lap faster."
The temperature at the start was 24 degrees Celsius, or 75 degrees Fahrenheit, much cooler than usual in this southeastern city known for its sweltering summers. The temperature rose slightly to 26.5 degrees and the air became more humid toward the end of the race, as early overcast skies gave way to some sunshine.
Kiplagat said she still wasn't used to running in warm conditions and added she expected the weather to be even warmer.
Kiplagat survived a scare at the second-to-last drinking station near the 40??? turn, tripping over Cherop while trying to pick up her water bottle. Cherop briefly stopped to help up Kiplagat, who promptly reclaimed the lead.
Kiplagat later said it was merely an accident.
"When I fell, I just tried to get up and pick up myself," she said. "I tried to pick up my water and she (Cherop) didn't see me. I tried to run my best (afterward)."
Cherop admitted she was "annoyed because it was not my fault," but she decided to wait for her friend and teammate.
Jeptoo said all three Kenyans regrouped after about 1??? from the near-disaster.
"We go together, and all of us are very happy now," Jeptoo said.
Kim Sung-eun was the top South Korean, in 28th place with 2:37:05, her best mark this year.
jeeho@yna.co.kr
By Yoo Jee-ho
DAEGU, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- Kenya swept podiums on the first day of the World Championships in Athletics Saturday, claiming all six medals available in women's marathon and women's 10,000 meters.
Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot won the women's 10,000節? at 30 minutes and 48.98 seconds for her personal best and her first world title in the distance. Teammate Sally Kipyego was second at 30:50.04, and defending world champion Linet Chepkwemoi Masai ended in third at 30:53.59.
Cheruiyot had won the gold in 5000m in the previous championships in Berlin.
The 10,000節? sweep came hours after a trio of Kenyan women ruled the marathon podium for the first medals of the championships. Edna Ngeringwony Kiplagat won the marathon with 2:28:43, followed by Priscah Jeptoo and Sharon Jemutai Cherop. Kenya became the first country to sweep marathon medals, both men's and women's, at the world championships.
Cheruiyot said she and her 10,000節? teammates drew motivation from the Kenyan marathoners.
"We were inspired by the marathon girls and we wanted to achieve the same," Cheruiyot said. "Kenya will continue to do great in Daegu."
In the 25-lap 10,000節?, Masai charged ahead with 17 laps to go, closely pursued by Priscah Jepleting Cherono and Cheruiyot. Kipyego soon joined the pack, and it was almost all Kenya the rest of the way.
Cheruiyot first built her lead with nine laps left, and after some jostling with her teammates, she took the top position for good over the final two laps.
Ethiopia's Meselech Melkamu tried to stop Kenyans' sweep but ended up third.
Cheruiyot will seek a long-distance double in 5,000節?, which starts Tuesday.
In marathon, runners from Kenya, Ethiopia and Japan jostled for positions halfway through, before Kiplagat, Jeptoo, Cherop and Ethiopia's Aberu Kebede opened up some distance at the 35??? mark. Kebede soon fell behind, allowing the three Kenyans to sweep the medals on the relatively flat loop course cutting through downtown Daegu. The course was divided into two laps of a 15??? course and one lap of 12.195???
Kiplagat, 31, came in with the year's fastest time in the field. Kenya's Mary Keitany and Russia's Liliya Shobukhova, owners of the season's two best times, did not compete.
"I am very happy because I didn't know I was going to win," Kiplagat said. This was only her fourth marathon. "I thought if I run the way I did my last two, three marathons, I would have a chance."
She was in the middle of the pack at the 20??? point, and later said it was "part of my strategy to try to run my second lap faster."
The temperature at the start was 24 degrees Celsius, or 75 degrees Fahrenheit, much cooler than usual in this southeastern city known for its sweltering summers. The temperature rose slightly to 26.5 degrees and the air became more humid toward the end of the race, as early overcast skies gave way to some sunshine.
Kiplagat said she still wasn't used to running in warm conditions and added she expected the weather to be even warmer.
Kiplagat survived a scare at the second-to-last drinking station near the 40??? turn, tripping over Cherop while trying to pick up her water bottle. Cherop briefly stopped to help up Kiplagat, who promptly reclaimed the lead.
Kiplagat later said it was merely an accident.
"When I fell, I just tried to get up and pick up myself," she said. "I tried to pick up my water and she (Cherop) didn't see me. I tried to run my best (afterward)."
Cherop admitted she was "annoyed because it was not my fault," but she decided to wait for her friend and teammate.
Jeptoo said all three Kenyans regrouped after about 1??? from the near-disaster.
"We go together, and all of us are very happy now," Jeptoo said.
Kim Sung-eun was the top South Korean, in 28th place with 2:37:05, her best mark this year.
jeeho@yna.co.kr
