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Kitwara Wins Fifth Worlds Best 10K Title in San Juan - IAAF

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Kitwara Wins Fifth Worlds Best 10K Title in San Juan

Published by IAAF on March 2, 2015

Kenya’s Sammy Kitwara cemented himself as the most successful runner ever at the World’s Best 10k with his fifth win while Belaynesh Oljira took Ethiopia’s first victory in four years at the IAAF Gold Label Road Race, whose 18th edition was held on Sunday afternoon (1) on the Teodoro Moscoso bridge in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Facing one of the strongest winds in the history of the race, former world half-marathon bronze medallist Kitwara completed the distance in 28:51, the slowest winning time since the race turned international in 2000. World 10,000m bronze medallist Oljira launched a strong sprint to overcome her Kenyan rivals and take Ethiopia’s first World’s Best 10k victory since 2011.

Affected by strong winds from the start, the lead group of 15 men moved at a slow pace, hitting the third kilometre in 9:07, a minute slower than course record pace. The pack stayed populated with 12 men when they reached half way in 14:50.

The race began in earnest after seven kilometres and a faster pace left four Kenyans – Kitwara, John Mwangangi, Stephen Sambu and Julius Kogo – in front along with Uganda’s three-time Commonwealth champion Moses Kipsiro.



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