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Vivian Cheruiyot

{{short description|Kenyan long-distance runner}}

{{EngvarB|date=September 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

|image = Vivian Cheruiyot Rio 2016.jpg

|caption = Cheruiyot at the 2016 Rio Olympics

|fullname = Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot

| nickname = Pocket Rocket

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1983|9|11}}

|birth_place = Keiyo, Rift Valley, Kenya{{cite Sports-Reference|title=Vivian Cheruiyot|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/vivian-cheruiyot-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203011205/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/vivian-cheruiyot-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 December 2016|access-date=20 June 2015}}

|height = 1.59 m

|weight = 40 kg

|country = Kenya

|sport = Athletics

|event = Long-distance running

|worlds = {{ubl

|2007 Osaka

|5000 m, {{silver medal}}

|2009 Berlin

|5000 m, {{gold medal}}

|2011 Daegu

|5000 m, {{gold medal}}

|10,000 m, {{gold medal}}

|2015 Beijing

|10,000 m, {{gold medal}}

}}

|olympics = {{ubl

|2000 Sydney

|5000 m, 14th

|2008 Beijing

|5000 m, 4th

|2012 London

|5000 m, {{silver medal}}

|10,000 m, {{bronze medal}}

|2016 Rio

|5000 m, {{gold medal}}

|10,000 m, {{silver medal}}

}}

|pb = {{ubl

|5000 m: 14:20.87 (Stockholm 2011)

|10,000 m: 29:32.53 {{AthAbbr|NR|Kenyan}} (Rio de Janeiro 2016)

|Marathon: 2:18:31 (London 2018)

}}

|medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}}

{{Medal|Country|{{KEN}}}}

{{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|2016 Rio de Janeiro|5000 m}}

{{Medal|Silver|2012 London|5000 m}}

{{Medal|Silver|2016 Rio de Janeiro|10,000 m}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2012 London|10,000 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2009 Berlin|5000 m}}

{{Medal|Gold|2011 Daegu|5000 m}}

{{Medal|Gold|2011 Daegu|10,000 m}}

{{Medal|Gold|2015 Beijing|10,000 m}}

{{Medal|Silver|2007 Osaka|5000 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Indoor Championships}}

{{Medal|Silver|2010 Doha|3000 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|Diamond League}}

{{Medal|1st|2010|5000 m}}

{{Medal|1st|2011|5000 m}}

{{Medal|1st|2012|5000 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|2010 Delhi|5000 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|All-Africa Games}}

{{Medal|Bronze|1999 Johannesburg|5000 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|African Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2010 Nairobi|5000 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Junior Championships}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2002 Kingston|5000 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|African Junior Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2001 Réduit|5000 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Youth Championships}}

{{Medal|Bronze|1999 Bydgoszcz|3000 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Marathon Majors}}

{{Medal|Gold|2018 London|Marathon}}

{{Medal|Silver|2018 New York|Marathon}}

{{Medal|Silver|2019 London|Marathon}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2024 New York|Marathon}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Cross Country Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2000 Vilamoura|Junior race}}

{{Medal|Gold|2011 Punta Umbría|Senior race}}

{{Medal|Gold|2011 Punta Umbría|Senior team}}

{{Medal|Silver|1999 Belfast|Junior race}}

{{Medal|Silver|2007 Mombasa|Senior team}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2002 Dublin|Junior race}}

}}

Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot (born 11 September 1983){{cite web |title=Vivian Jepkemoi CHERUIYOT – Athlete Profile |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/vivian-jepkemoi-cheruiyot-14288971 |website=World Athletics |access-date=1 January 2021}} is a Kenyan long-distance runner. She represented Kenya at the Summer Olympics in 2000, 2008, 2012, and 2016, winning the silver medal in the 5,000 metres and bronze in the 10,000 metres at the 2012 London Olympics as well as gold in the 5,000 m and silver in the 10,000 m at the 2016 Rio Olympics, setting a new Olympic record in the former. Cheruiyot won the silver medal in the 5,000 m at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and became the world champion in the event at the 2009 edition, repeating this achievement in 2011, when she also won the 10,000 m. She added gold for the latter event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics. After taking a silver in the 3,000 metres at the 2010 World Indoor Championships, Cheruiyot won a number of outdoor 5,000 m titles that year, becoming Commonwealth Games, African and Continental Cup champion, as well as winning the Diamond League title.

She is a three-time Diamond League champion, having also won the 2011 and 2012 editions. She is the Kenyan record holder for the 2,000 m and 10,000 m. In 2012, Cheruiyot was voted Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year. She is nicknamed "pocket rocket".{{Cite web |date=2023-09-12 |title='Pocket rocket': Rolling back the years as Vivian Cheruiyot turns 40 |url=https://www.pulsesports.co.ke/athletics/story/pocket-rocket-rolling-back-the-years-as-vivian-cheruiyot-turns-40-2023091208523140600 |access-date=2025-05-28 |website=Pulse Sports Kenya |language=en}}

Career

Vivian Cheruiyot is trained by Ricky Simms.The Standard, 28 January 2007:{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071007115402/http://eastandard.net/hm_news/news_s.php?articleid=1143964131 Back with a ‘killer kick’]}} She was born near Keiyo in the Rift Valley Province, coming from the same village as another female runner Alice Timbilili.Daily Nation, 11 August 1999: [https://web.archive.org/web/20040309184352/http://www.nationaudio.com/News/DailyNation/110899/Sports/Sports9.html No changes expected in squad]

Her breakthrough year came in 1999: at the age of fifteen she took the junior silver medal at the 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships behind Werknesh Kidane. At the 1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics she won the bronze medal in the 3000 metres. Cheruiyot earned a senior call-up for the 1999 All-Africa Games, where she managed a bronze medal in the 5000 metres. She became the junior champion at the 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Cheruiyot gained selection for the 2000 Olympic Games and reached the 5000 m final after setting personal bests in the qualifying rounds. She was much slower in the final and was the last runner to finish.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175552/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/ATH/womens-5000-metres.html Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's 5,000 metres]. Sports-Reference. Retrieved 27 November 2010.

Cheruiyot won the silver medal at the 5000 m final of the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan with a time of 14:58.50, behind Meseret Defar in 14:57.91.{{cite web|url=http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/results/gender=W/discipline=5000/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/result.html |title=2007 World Championships Women's 5000m final |publisher=IAAF |access-date=3 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426210246/http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/results/gender%3DW/discipline%3D5000/combCode%3Dhash/roundCode%3Df/result.html |archive-date=26 April 2011 |url-status=dead }}

In early 2009 she broke the Kenyan indoor 3000 m record with a time of 8:30.53 in Birmingham, and won the World's Best 10K race in Puerto Rico.{{cite news|publisher=IAAF|date=1 March 2009|access-date=28 April 2016|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/kitwara-and-cheruiyot-new-champions-and-mens|title=Kitwara and Cheruiyot, new champions and men's record at World's Best 10K}} In May, she won the Great Manchester Run 10K race. Cheruiyot won the women's 5000 m at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin with a time of 14 minutes 58.33 seconds, while countrywoman Sylvia Kibet took the silver. She closed the track season with a 3000 m silver and a 5000 m bronze at the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final. She won the 2009 New Year's Eve San Silvestre Vallecana race.{{cite news|publisher=IAAF|date=1 January 2010|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/fulfilling-favourite-roles-masai-and-cheruiyo|title=favourite roles, Masai and Cheruiyot prevail in Madrid|access-date=28 April 2016}}

Cheruiyot retained her World's Best 10K title in 2010.{{cite news|last=Kuehls|first=Dave|date=1 March 2010|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/masai-and-cheruiyot-take-crowns-in-san-juan|title=Masai and Cheruiyot take crowns in San Juan|publisher=IAAF|access-date=28 April 2016}} An appearance at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships resulted in a silver medal in the 3000 m behind Meseret Defar. Cheruiyot then headed the Kenyan 5000 m challenge at the African Championships in Athletics in Nairobi and beat Defar on this occasion to take the African title.{{cite news|last=Negash |first=Elshadai |date=29 July 2010 |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=57841.html |title=Meite, Okagbare take 100m titles, Cheruiyot over Defar again in the 5000m – African champs Day 2 |publisher=IAAF |access-date=27 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629134205/http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind%3D100/newsid%3D57841.html |archive-date=29 June 2011 |url-status=dead }} After this, her main focus of the year was the Diamond League. She took victories in the 5000 m at the Meeting Areva and Memorial van Damme and was elected the inaugural Diamond League Trophy winner for the event on overall points.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8949549.stm Tyson Gay wraps up Diamond League title in Brussels]. BBC Sport (27 August 2010). Retrieved 27 November 2010. She defeated Sentayehu Ejigu at the Continental Cup to take the 5000 m gold medal for Africa.Ramsak, Bob (5 September 2010). [http://www.iaaf.org/WCP10/news/newsid=58249.html EVENT Report – Women's 5000 Metres] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629133609/http://www.iaaf.org/WCP10/news/newsid%3D58249.html |date=29 June 2011 }}. IAAF. Retrieved on 27 November 2010. Another gold medal in the event came at the Commonwealth Games held that year in Delhi, where she headed a Kenyan podium sweep with Sylvia Kibet and Ines Chenonge.{{cite news|last=Rowbottom|first=Mike|date=13 October 2010|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/womens-relay-team-crowns-indian-glory-commo|title=Women's relay team crowns Indian glory – Commonwealth Games, Day Seven|publisher=IAAF|access-date=28 April 2016}} Cheruiyot returned to Kenya to train and took an 8 km win at the Tuskys Cross Country meeting.{{cite news|last=Macharia|first= David|date=22 November 2010|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/cheruiyot-and-rotich-prevail-at-tuskys-cross|title=Cheruiyot and Rotich prevail at Tuskys Cross Country|publisher=IAAF|access-date=28 April 2016}} She ended the year on a high note with a win at the BOclassic 5K race on New Year's Eve.{{cite news|last=Sampaolo|first=Diego|date=1 January 2011|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/merga-and-cheruiyot-take-dramatic-victories-i|title=Merga and Cheruiyot take dramatic victories in Bolzano|publisher=IAAF|access-date=28 April 2016}}

Cheruiyot began preparing for the World Cross Country Championships in January 2011 and came third at the Great Edinburgh Cross Country before overhauling Linet Masai to win the Cross de Itálica in Seville.{{cite news|last=Wenig|first=Jorg|date=8 January 2011|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/kipchoge-and-masai-prevail-in-snowy-edinburgh|title=Kipchoge and Masai prevail in snowy Edinburgh|publisher=IAAF|access-date=28 April 2016}}{{cite news|last=Valiente |first=Emeterio |title=Komon defends, Cheruiyot edges Masai in Seville |date=16 January 2011 |publisher=IAAF |access-date=19 January 2011 |url=http://www.iaaf.org/CROS11/news/newsid=59066.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110119203322/http://www.iaaf.org/CROS11/news/newsid%3D59066.html |archive-date=19 January 2011 |url-status=dead }} A second-place finish at the Kenyan Cross Country Championships guaranteed her a place in the Kenyan squad and, in contrast to her successes on the track, she was looking to win her first cross country medal on the world stage.{{cite news|last=Mutuota|first=Mutwiri|date=19 February 2011|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/mutai-and-masai-take-hard-fought-wins-in-nair|title=Mutai and Masai take hard fought wins in Nairobi|publisher=IAAF|access-date=28 April 2016}} Her rival Masai led the initial charge at the World Cross Country Championships, but Cheruiyot broke away on the final lap to secure the gold medal and lead Kenya to the women's team title.{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Len|date=20 March 2011|publisher=IAAF|access-date=28 April 2016|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/cheruiyot-wins-race-of-champions-womens-sen|title=Cheruiyot wins race of champions – Women's Senior Race Report – Punta Umbria 2011}}

She started 2012 with a win at the World's Best 10K and improved her best on the roads to 30:47 minutes.{{cite news|last=Robinson|first=Javier Clavelo|date=27 February 2012|access-date=28 April 2016|url= http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/kitwara-and-cheruiyot-run-to-triple-crown-in|title=Kitwara and Cheruiyot run to triple crown in San Juan 10Km|publisher=IAAF}} She opened the Diamond League circuit with narrow wins ahead of Meseret Defar, first in the 3000 m in Doha and then over 5000 m in Rome.{{cite news|last=Martin|first=David|date=31 May 2012 |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/bolts-blazing-976-one-of-seven-world-leads-on-1|title=Bolt's blazing 9.76 one of seven world leads on electric night in Rome – Samsung Diamond League|publisher=IAAF|access-date=28 April 2016}} Cheruiyot guaranteed her place at the Olympics by winning the 10,000 m trial in Nairobi in June.{{cite news|last=Mutwiri|first=Mutuota|date=15 June 2012|publisher=IAAF|access-date=28 April 2016 |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/cheruiyot-takes-kenyan-10000m-olympic-trials|title=Cheruiyot takes Kenyan 10,000m Olympic Trials race in Nairobi}} At the Olympics, she won the silver medal in the 5000 metres and a bronze at the 10,000 metres.

In 2018, she won the 2018 London Marathon with a time of 2:18:31.

She took second place in the 2018 New York City Marathon, finishing in 2:26:02 far behind winner Mary Keitany in 2:22:48, and 20 seconds ahead of Shalane Flanagan who ran 2:26:22.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tcsnycmarathon.org/about-the-race/results/overall-women|title = New York Road Runners}}

Achievements

File:Vivian Cheruiyot at Daegu 2011.jpg held in Daegu, South Korea.]]

File:Vivian Cheruiyot Daegu 2011.jpg

File:Hellen Obiri and Vivian Cheruiyot at Rio 2016.jpg.]]

All information taken from World Athletics profile.

=Personal bests=

class="wikitable"
Type || Event || Time (m:s) || Venue || Date || Notes
rowspan=7|Track

|1500 metres

align=center|4:06.6hNairobi, Kenyaalign=right|18 May 2012
2000 metresalign=center|5:31.52Eugene, OR, United Statesalign=right|7 June 2009{{AthAbbr|NR|Kenyan}}
3000 metresalign=center|8:28.66Stuttgart, Germanyalign=right|23 September 2007
3000 metres indooralign=center|8:30.53Birmingham, United Kingdomalign=right|21 February 2009
Two miles indooralign=center|9:12.35Birmingham, United Kingdomalign=right|20 February 2010
5000 metresalign=center|14:20.87Stockholm, Swedenalign=right|29 July 2011
10,000 metresalign=center|29:32.53Rio de Janeiro, Brazilalign=right|12 August 2016{{AthAbbr|NR|Kenyan}}
rowspan=5|Road

|5 kilometres

align=center|15:11London, United Kingdomalign=right|6 September 2009
10 kilometresalign=center|30:47San Juan, Puerto Ricoalign=right|26 February 2012
10 milesalign=center|51:17Portsmouth, United Kingdomalign=right|25 October 2015
Half marathonalign=center|1:06:34Lisbon, Portugalalign=right|17 March 2019
Marathonalign=center|2:18:31London, United Kingdomalign=right|22 April 2018

=International competitions=

{{AchievementTable|nation=KEN|Event=yes|Time=yes|NotesOff=yes}}
1998

|World Cross Country Championships

|Marrakech, Morocco

|5th

|Junior race (6 km)

|19:47

rowspan=3|1999

|World Cross Country Championships

|Belfast, Northern Ireland

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|Junior race (6.124 km)

|21:37

All-Africa Games

|Johannesburg, South Africa

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|5000 m

|15:42.79

World Youth Championships

|Bydgoszcz, Poland

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|3000 m

|9:04.42

2000

|World Cross Country Championships

|Vilamoura, Portugal

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|Junior race (6.29 km)

|20:34

rowspan=2|2001

|World Cross Country Championships

|Ostend, Belgium

|4th

|Junior race (5.9 km)

|20:22

African Junior Championships

|Réduit, Mauritius

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|5000 m

|16:19.54

rowspan=2|2002

|World Cross Country Championships

|Dublin, Ireland

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|Junior race (5.962 km)

|20:22

World Junior Championships

|Kingston, Jamaica

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|5000 m

|15:56.04

2004

|World Cross Country Championships

|Brussels, Belgium

|8th

|Short race (4 km)

|13:23

rowspan=3|2006

|World Cross Country Championships

|Fukuoka, Japan

|8th

|Short race (4 km)

|13:10

rowspan=2|World Athletics Final

|rowspan=2|Stuttgart, Germany

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|3000 m

|8:38.86

5th

|5000 m

|16:07.95

rowspan=4|2007

|World Cross Country Championships

|Mombasa, Kenya

|8th

|Long race (8 km)

|28:10

World Championships

|Osaka, Japan

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|5000 m

|14:58.50

rowspan=2|World Athletics Final

|rowspan=2|Stuttgart, Germany

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|3000 m

|8:28.66 {{AthAbbr|PB}}

bgcolor=gold|1st

|5000 m

|14:56.94

rowspan=3|2008

|Olympic Games

|Beijing, China

|4th

|5000 m

|15:46.32

rowspan=2|World Athletics Final

|rowspan=2|Stuttgart, Germany

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|3000 m

|8:44.64

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|5000 m

|14:54.60

rowspan=3|2009

|World Championships

|Berlin, Germany

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|5000 m

|14:57.97

rowspan=2|World Athletics Final

|rowspan=2|Thessaloniki, Greece

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|3000 m

|8:30.61

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|5000 m

|15:26.21

rowspan=4|2010

|World Indoor Championships

|Doha, Qatar

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|3000 m

|8:51.85

African Championships

|Nairobi, Kenya

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|5000 m

|16:18.73

Continental Cup

|Split, Croatia

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|5000 m

|16:05.74

Commonwealth Games

|New Delhi, India

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|5000 m

|15:55.12

rowspan=3|2011

|World Cross Country Championships

|Punta Umbría, Spain

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|Senior race (8 km)

|24:58

rowspan=2|World Championships

|rowspan=2|Daegu, South Korea

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|5000 m

|14:55.36

bgcolor=gold|1st

|10,000 m

|30:48.98

rowspan=2|2012

|rowspan=2|Olympic Games

|rowspan=2|London, United Kingdom

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|5000 m

|15:04.73

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|10,000 m

|30:30.44

2015

|World Championships

|Beijing, China

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|10,000 m

|31:41.31

rowspan=2|2016

|rowspan=2|Olympic Games

|rowspan=2|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|5000 m

|14:26.17 OR

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|10,000 m

|29:32.53 {{AthAbbr|NR|Kenyan}}

=Marathon competition record=

{{AchievementTable|Time=yes}}
2003

|Vitoria Marathon

|Vittoria, Spain

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|2:41:09

|13 April

rowspan=2|2017

|London Marathon

|London, United Kingdom

|4th

|2:23:50

|23 April

Frankfurt Marathon

|Frankfurt, Germany

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|2:23:35

|29 October

rowspan=2|2018

|London Marathon

|London, United Kingdom

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|2:18:31

|22 April

New York Marathon

|New York, NY, United States

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|2:26:02

|4 November

rowspan=2|2019

|London Marathon

|London, United Kingdom

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|2:20:14

|28 April

Valencia Marathon

|Valencia, Spain

|4th

|2:18:52

|1 December

=Circuit wins and titles=

:: 5000 metres wins, other events specified in parentheses

:* 2010 (3): Lausanne Athletissima (3000 m, {{AthAbbr|WL}} {{AthAbbr|MR}}), Paris Meeting Areva) (WL MR), Brussels Memorial Van Damme

:* 2011 (4): Shanghai Golden Grand Prix (WL), Eugene Prefontaine Classic (MR), Stockholm DN Galan (WL {{AthAbbr|NR}}), Zürich Weltklasse (MR)

:* 2012 (4): Doha Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix (3000 m, WL), Rome Golden Gala (WL), London Grand Prix, Brussels

:* 2016 (1): Birmingham British Grand Prix

=National titles=

Recognition

  • 2012 Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year{{cite news|last=Ramsak|first=Bob|date=7 February 2012|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/cheruiyot-and-pistorius-win-prestigious-world|title= Cheruiyot and Pistorius win prestigious world sport awards|publisher=IAAF|access-date=28 April 2016}}

References

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External links

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  • {{The-Sports}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110716120528/http://www.spikesmag.com/athletes/RisingStar/viviancheruiyot.aspx Read Vivian Cheruiyot's Rising Star Profile on spikesmag.com]

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{{succession box|title=Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year|before=Lindsey Vonn|after=Jessica Ennis|years=2011}}

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{{Kenyan Sportsperson of the Year}}

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{{Footer Commonwealth Champions 5000m Women}}

{{Footer African Champions women's 5000 metres}}

{{Footer IAAF Diamond League 5000 Metres Champions Women}}

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{{Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year}}

{{Footer London Marathon Champions Women}}

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