Invincible Kenyans dominate in women's 10,000m

by Dinesh WEERAWANSA reporting from Korea

DAEGU, Aug.27 - Kenya rewrote IAAF World Championship history by winning all six medals that were on offer in a single day as they made another clean sweep in the women's 10,000m final worked off under lights today.

Following the success in the women's marathon by winning all three medals this morning, the mighty Kenyan women came out with another fine display of their stamina and endurance by securing the first four places in the women's 10,000m final.

Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot ran a season's best 30 minutes and 48.98 seconds to bag the gold medal, ahead of compatriots Sally Kipyego (30:50.04) and Linet Chepkwemoi Masai (30:53.59) who settled for the silver and bronze medals respectively. Their team mate Priscah Jepleting Cherono (30:56.43) narrowly missed a medal after finishing fourth.