5 DAYS AFTER SHE HAD WON the Olympic 5000 and just a day after she had added 1500 bronze, Sifan Hassan completed the long-distance track double with another gold. It was her second 10K of the year, the first having been a World Record 29:06.82 win in Hengelo in June. The two races combined to give her an obvious No. 1…
HASSAN’S MARK, HOWEVER, stood up as the WR for only 2 days as Letesenbet Gidey quickly dropped the all-time standard down to 29:01.03… Hassan then thrashed Gidey in Tokyo, but confusing things was Kalkidan Gezahegne, who gave Hassan the best run for her money, also beating Gidey. Gezahegne had an earlier race on her chart, but in the final analysis her 5-second margin over Gidey in the critical Olympic race was the decider…
EARLY-SEASON LEADER Gudaf Tsegay chose the 5000 route in Japan, but her May win over Gezahegne was enough to give her No. 4.
| JUMP TO U.S. RANKINGS | VIEW WORLD TOP 50 LIST | VIEW U.S. TOP 50 LIST |
| 1. SIFAN HASSAN (Netherlands) (1/1/93, 5-7/108) (1.70/49) | |||||
| 29:06.82 | … | 1)Hengelo CT | 6/06 | ||
| 29:55.32 | … | 1)Olympic Games | 8/07 | ||
| 2. KALKIDAN GEZAHEGNE (Bahrain) (5/8/91, 5-3/108) (1.60/49) | |||||
| 29:50.77 | … | 2)Maia | 5/08 | ▷ | 1. Tsegay |
| 29:56.18 | … | 2)Olympic Games | 8/07 | ▷ | 1. Hassan |
| 3. LETESENBET GIDEY (Ethiopia) (3/20/98, 5-5/110) (1.65/50) | |||||
| 29:01.03 | … | 1)Eth OT | 6/08 | ||
| 30:01.72 | … | 3)Olympic Games | 8/07 | ▷ | 1. Hassan; 2. Gezahegne |
| 4. GUDAF TSEGAY (Ethiopia) (1/23/97, 5-2½/99) (1.59/45) | |||||
| 29:39.42 | … | 1)Maia | 5/08 | ||
| 5. HELLEN OBIRI (Kenya) (12/13/89, 5-3/110) (1.60/50) | |||||
| 31:24.7(A) | … | 1)Nairobi | 3/13 | ||
| 30:53.60(A) | … | 1)Ken OT | 6/19 | ||
| 30:24.27 | … | 4)Olympic Games | 8/07 | ▷ | 1. Hassan; 2. Gezahegne; 3. Gidey |
| 6. FRANCINE NIYONSABA (Burundi) (5/5/93, 5-3¼/123) (1.61/56) | |||||
| 31:08.51 | … | 6)Eth OT | 6/08 | ▷ | 1. Gidey; 2. Gebreselama; 3. Gemechu; 4. Yehualaw; 5. Mulate |
| 30:41.93 | … | 5)Olympic Games | 8/07 | ▷ | 1. Hassan; 2. Gezahegne; 3. Gidey; 4. Obiri |
| 7. IRENE CHEPTAI (Kenya) (2/4/92, 5-3/99) (1.60/45) | |||||
| 30:51.39 | … | 4)Stockholm | 5/04 | ▷ | 1. Kiprotich; 2. Chelimo; 3. Cherono |
| 31:06.86(A) | … | 2)Ken OT | 6/19 | ▷ | 1. Obiri |
| 30:44.00 | … | 6)Olympic Games | 8/07 | ▷ | 1. Hassan; 2. Gezahegne; 3. Gidey; 4. Obiri; 5. Niyonsaba |
| 8. TSIGE GEBRESELAMA (Ethiopia) (9/30/00) | |||||
| 32:59.1(A) | … | 1)Eth Ch | 4/07 | ||
| 30:06.01 | … | 2)Eth OT | 6/08 | ▷ | 1. Gidey |
| dnf | … | )Olympic Games | 8/07 | ▷ | 1. Hassan; 2. Gezahegne; 3. Gidey; 4. Obiri; 5. Niyonsaba; 6. Cheptai; 7. Hironaka; 8. Klosterhalfen; 9. McColgan; 10. Sisson; 11. Can; 12. Schweizer; 13. Monson; 14. Seccafien; 15. Tesfu; 16. S. Chelangat; 17. Judd; 18. Bahta; 19. Buscomb; 20. Scott Efurd; 21. Niiya; 22. Ando; 23. Bayoulgn; 24. M. Chelangat |
| 9. TSEHAY GEMECHU (Ethiopia) (12/12/98) | |||||
| 30:19.29 | … | 3)Eth OT | 6/08 | ▷ | 1. Gidey; 2. Gebreselama |
| dq | … | )Olympic Games | 8/07 | ▷ | 1. Hassan; 2. Gezahegne; 3. Gidey; 4. Obiri; 5. Niyonsaba; 6. Cheptai; 7. Hironaka; 8. Klosterhalfen; 9. McColgan; 10. Sisson; 11. Can; 12. Schweizer; 13. Monson; 14. Seccafien; 15. Tesfu; 16. S. Chelangat; 17. Judd; 18. Bahta; 19. Buscomb; 20. Scott Efurd; 21. Niiya; 22. Ando; 23. Bayoulgn; 24. M. Chelangat |
| 10. YALEMZERF YEHUALAW (Ethiopia) (8/3/99, 5-7/110) (1.70/50) | |||||
| 30:20.77 | … | 4)Eth OT | 6/08 | ▷ | 1. Gidey; 2. Gebreselama; 3. Gemechu |
| U.S. RANKINGS | ||||
| 1. | Emily Sisson (New Balance) | 6. | Sara Hall (Asics) | |
| 1)Olympic Trials, 10)Olympic Games | 3)Irvine, 6)Olympic Trials | |||
| 2. | Karissa Schweizer (Nike Bowerman TC) | 7. | Natosha Rogers (Hansons Brooks) | |
| 2)Ten, 2)Olympic Trials, 12)Olympic Games | 7)Olympic Trials | |||
| 3. | Alicia Monson (On AC) | 8. | Emily Infeld (Nike Bowerman TC) | |
| 3)Olympic Trials, 13)Olympic Games | 4)The Ten, 8)Olympic Trials | |||
| 4. | Elise Cranny (Nike Bowerman TC) | 9. | Ednah Kurgat (US Army) | |
| 1)Ten, 4)Olympic Trials | 2)Irvine, 11)Olympic Trials | |||
| 5. | Rachel Schneider (Hoka) | 10. | Makena Morley (Asics) | |
| 5)Olympic Trials | 5)Texas Q, 4)Irvine, 19)Olympic Trials | |||