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2001 World Championships in Athletics Edmonton, Canada

2001 8th IAAF World Championships - Edmonton - Men's 10,000m

 

 

Host City: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Dates: August 3–12, 2001
Nations participating: 189
Athletes participating: 1677
    Main venue: Commonwealth Stadium
Overview by IAAF   EDMONTON STADIUM 
Haile Gebrselassie was racing for the first time since an operation on his Achilles tendon in November 2000. The pace was moderate and noone had been dropped as the large pack reached halfway in 14:15.11. The lead changed frequently but the four Ethiopians and three Kenyans were always prominent with Gebrselassie usually in second spot. With two laps to go, there was a pack of nine in front, the seven East Africans and two Spaniards. Kosgei led at the bell, then Gebrselassie got to the pole position with 200m remaining. Everyone was expecting the Ethiopian to accelerate and collect a fifth title, but it was Kamathi who had easily the best finishing speed. He strode past Gebrselassie and smoothly sprinted away. A stunned Mezegebu also overtook Gebrselassie, who suffered his first defeat at 10,000m since 1993. Later it was revealed that the former champion had spent the previous three nights in a clinic suffering from flu. After watching Kamathi’s win, a dentist in Edmonton offered to replace for free the Kenyan’s front tooth which had been missing since 1997.
 The Men's 10,000 metres event featured at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. There were a total number of 36 participating athletes, with the final being held on 8 August 2001.

Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 26:22.75 June 1, 1998 Netherlands Hengelo, Netherlands
Event Record  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 27:12.95 August 8, 1995 Sweden Gothenburg, Sweden
Season Best  Abraham Chebii (KEN) 27:04.20 May 4, 2001 United States Palo Alto, United States
 
  10,000m 8 August
Men's 10,000m final-10 000 m h. finale
In an upset that upstaged Marion JONES's defeat in the 100m two days ago, Kenya's Charles KAMATHI tonight ended the 38-race winning streak of Ethiopia's Haile GEBRSELASSIE, beating the world record holder and Olympic champion in a sprint finish over the last 150 metres of a pulsating 10,000m final. Amazingly, GEBRSELASSIE also lost second place, to his compatriot Assefa MEZGEBU, who claimed his first silver medal after having taken bronze in the world and Olympic finals.
KAMATHI ran the last 200m in 24.7 seconds, coming from fourth to first, to end a 37-race winning streak over all distances by the Ethiopian who's widely regarded as the greatest distance runner of all time. KAMATHI, who finished in 27:53.25, also denied GEBRSELASSIE his fifth straight world 10,000m title and handed hium his first defeat at the distance since 1993.
Predictably, the race started slowly, with Kenyans and Ethiopians always prominent at the head of the large group of 28 runners. After the first kilometre (passed in 2:50.25) Aloys NIZIGAMA of Burundi briefly picked up the pace and opened up a 10 metre lead, only to have it closed rapidly by Kenya's John Cheruiyot KORIR. GEBRSELASSIE, MEZGEBU and KAMATHI were all tucked in behind the leaders, watching every move and biding their time.
In the fourth kilometre KAMATHI and KORIR eached injected a spurt of pace, stringing the field out for 200 to 300 metres before it all slowed again. GEBRSELASSIE was covering every move but said later that the frequent changes of pace was taking its toll on his vulnerable Achilles tendon.
Shortly after the half way mark, passed in 14:15.11, another Kenyan, Paul KOSGEI, had his go at turning up the tempo. MEZGEBU, KAMATHI and GEBRSELASSIE followed him for a lap, before KAMATHI took over. One kilometre later, the Spaniard Fabian RONCERO joined in, spurting to the front for a lap of pace, before it all slowed again.
The pace was quickening with each kilometre, though, and when they reached eight kilometres, in 2:45.21, there were only 10 runners in contention. Ten became eight with only three laps left - three Ethiopians, three Kenyans and two Spaniards - but no-one was prepared to make the decisive move.
KAMATHI was running wide at the front, inviting GEBRSELASSIE to come inside him and strike for home. With 600m to go these two were running stride for stride, but it was KOSGEI who struck 100m later. He led at the bell, but with 300m to go MEZGEBU came past on his outside, with GEBRSELASSIE on the inside. The other Ethiopian, Yibeltal ADMASSU, was in third behind them 200m out with KAMATHI taking KOSGEI's place in fourth.
GEBRSELASSIE was now sprinting for home but it wasn't the devastating finish we have known for so long. KAMATHI struck at 150m out, taking MEZGEBU with him past the world record holder and went clear as he burst down the straight. MEZGEBU clocked 27:53.97 in second, and GEBRSELASSIE recorded 27:54.91.
KAMATHI put his head in hands at the finish in disbelief at what he had achieved. He ran the fifth fastest 10,000m of all time two years ago. But tonight's race wasn't about time, it was about an historical victory . . . and defeat.
  Final
1 Charles Kamathi KEN 18 May 78 27.53.25
2 Assefa Mezegebu ETH 19 Jun 78 27.53.97
3 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 18 Apr 73 27.54.41
4 Yibeltal Admassu ETH 5 Mar 80 27.55.24
5 Fabián Roncero ESP 19 Oct 70 27.56.07
6 José Rios ESP 15 Mar 74 27.56.58
7 Paul Kosgei KEN 22 Apr 78 27.57.56
8 John Cheruiyot Korir KEN 13 Dec 81 27.58.06
9 Habte Jifar ETH 29 Jan 76 28.02.71
10 Kamiel Maase NED 20 Oct 71 28.05.41
11 Jaouad Gharib MAR 22 May 72 28.05.45
12 José Manuel Martínez ESP 22 Oct 71 28.06.33
13 Jeff Schiebler CAN 1 Jun 73 28.07.06
14 Marco Mazza ITA 25 Jun 77 28.08.00
15 Toshinari Takaoka JPN 24 Sep 70 28.13.99
16 Abderrahim Goumri MAR 21 May 76 28.14.06
17 Teodoro Vega MEX 14 Jul 76 28.14.77
18 Alan Culpepper USA 15 Sep 72 28.18.44
19 Abdi Abdirahman USA 1 Jan 77 28.34.38
20 João N'Tyamba ANG 20 Mar 68 28.38.31
21 Saïd Bérioui MAR 3 Jun 75 28.38.80
22 Naoki Mishiro JPN 16 Mar 77 28.42.68
23 Meb Keflezighi USA 5 May 75 28.44.48
24 Kamel Kohil ALG 26 Dec 71 28.52.47
25 John Henwood NZL 30 Aug 72 29.01.62
José Ramos POR 27 Jul 68 DNF
Aloÿs Nizigama BDI 18 Jun 66 DNF
Mohammed Mourhit BEL 10 Oct 70 DNF

08 AUG 2001 21:30 

Order / LaneBibATHLETECOUNTRYPBSB 2001
1 758 Saïd Berioui MAR MAR 27:31.00  
2 658 Toshinari Takaoka JPN JPN 27:35.09 27:35.09
3 681 Paul Kosgei Malakwen KEN KEN 27:38.22 27:51.87
4 1138 Abdihakem Abdirahman USA USA 27:46.17 28:01.02
5 318 José Ríos ESP ESP 27:22.20 27:38.57
6 86 Mohammed Mourhit BEL BEL 26:52.30  
7 20 João N'Tyamba ANG ANG 28:20.0 28:20.0
8 600 Marco Mazza ITA ITA 27:54.25 27:54.25
9 336 Haile Gebrselassie ETH ETH 26:22.75  
10 307 José Manuel Martínez ESP ESP 27:51.82 27:54.81
11 832 Kamiel Maase NED NED 27:34.02 28:02.37
12 77 Aloÿs Nizigama BDI BDI 27:20.38  
13 320 Fabián Roncero ESP ESP 27:14.44 27:45.17
14 649 Naoki Mishiro JPN JPN 27:59.39 28:25.18
15 919 José Ramos POR POR 27:56.30  
16 866 John Henwood NZL NZL 27:57.5 27:57.5
17 1155 Alan Culpepper USA USA 27:33.93 27:33.93
18 340 Assefa Mezgebu ETH ETH 27:18.28 27:22.30
19 182 Jeff Schiebler CAN CAN 27:36.01 27:36.01
20 764 Jaouad Gharib MAR MAR 27:29.51 27:29.51
21 333 Yibeltal Admassu ETH ETH 27:57.01 27:57.01
22 1177 Mebrahtom Keflezighi USA USA 27:13.98 27:13.98
23 675 Charles Waweru Kamathi KEN KEN 26:51.49 27:22.58
24 337 Habte Jifar ETH ETH 27:06.45 27:57.23
25 765 Abderrahim Goumri MAR MAR 27:26.01 27:26.01
26 680 John Cheruiyot Korir KEN KEN 27:24.75 27:49.34
27 798 Teodoro Vega MEX MEX 28:00.91 28:00.91
28 12 Kamel Kohil ALG ALG 27:59.64

 

 

 

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