Reaction’s to Almaz Ayana’s stunning 46-second 10,000m victory in London
Social media reacts to Ayana's stunning 46-second victory in the 10K at the IAAF World Championships in London
Almaz Ayana ran the year’s second-fastest 5K in the world during the IAAF World Championships. During a 10,000m.
The Ethiopian, who had not raced in 2017 prior to Saturday’s 25-lap event in London, rocked the world, again, winning by 45 seconds in the women’s 10,000m at the IAAF World Championships. In Rio, she shattered the world record running 29:17.45.
On Saturday evening, Ayana ran 15:51.38 for the first half, and came back in 14:24.95, 12 seconds off her standalone 5,000m personal best, to win in 30:16.32. Tirunesh Dibaba, a five-time world champion and the 5,000m world record holder, was second in 31:02.69, a staggering 46 seconds back. (Canadians Natasha Wodak and Rachel Cliff ran 31:55.47 and 32:00.03, respectively.)
Of course, social media reacted to Ayana’s run. Here’s a quick roundup.
More for us track geeks, per IAAF: Ayana's 5k splits 15:51.38 … 14:24.95
— Alan Abrahamson (@alanabrahamson) August 5, 2017
Almaz Ayana winning gold.
Molly Huddle, Emily Infeld and others grimacing just a few feet away but still with a lap to go. #London2017 pic.twitter.com/NE5SwkD69x
— Chris Chavez (@ChrisChavez) August 5, 2017
Almaz Ayana ran 14:24.94 for the second half of that 10,000m final, a time which is quicker than the world champs 5000m record! #London2017
— AW (@AthleticsWeekly) August 5, 2017
After 11 months without racing, Almaz Ayana laps everyone but three athletes to win women's 10k final by 46 secs. Draw your own conclusions.
— Jonathan Gault (@jgault13) August 5, 2017
#Almaz Ayana sporting phenomenon! Making the hardest job look the easiest…
— mohammed ikram (@iky86) August 5, 2017
Aside from her fellow Ethiopians, it looked like no one else shook Almaz Ayana’s hand or congratulated her right after crossing the finish.
— Chris Chavez (@ChrisChavez) August 5, 2017
https://twitter.com/Apropos_me/status/893913284004499458
Well they might. But I would suggest the issue is broader than simply a country. It's who trains there & how often they're tested OOC? https://t.co/jbRYfyg4bA
— Ross Tucker (@Scienceofsport) August 5, 2017
This performance by Almaz Ayana is absolutely extraordinary. She is destroying this 10,000m – she's 200m ahead of the field after 7000m
— Sean Ingle (@seaningle) August 5, 2017
So from 3k to 8 k Ayana 5 k split 14:30. Until Ethiopia follow proper doping procedures i for one do not accept these athletes performances
— liz mccolgan (@Lizmccolgan) August 5, 2017
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