2016 Rio Olympics
Women's 5000 Meters
More from Rio: Mo Farah Doesn't Like Answering Questions About Jama Aden and SAFP Doesn't Like Taking Questions About Usain Bolt
September 1, 2016
Vivian Cheruiyot Stuns Almaz Ayana And Wins Women's 5000 Gold In One Of The Biggest Upsets Of The Olympics
Talk about an upset.August 19, 2016
Abbey D’Agostino & Nikki Hamblin Show the True Meaning of the Olympics as Almaz Ayana Leads Women’s 5,000 Qualifiers
Would you stop running in the middle of the Olympics to help a total stranger? These two women did just that.August 16, 2016
2016 Olympic Women’s 5,000 Preview: Almaz Ayana Looks to Become the Second Woman to Complete the Distance Double; Will the World Record Fall Too?
Ayana is the HEAVY favorite for gold, and after closing her 10,000 world record last week in 14:30, she has a great shot to take down Tirunesh Dibaba's 14:11.15 world record in Friday's final. The woman with the best chance to stop Ayana is Kenya's Vivian Cheruiyot, who will be looking to win her first Olympic title after collecting two silver medals and a bronze. But Cheruiyot was 14 seconds behind Ayana in the 10k, which is probably Cheruiyot's better event.August 15, 2016
Outside Letsrun
Team USA Spends The Day At The White House With Some Track Athletes Getting Special Mention In President Obama's Speech
Abbey D'Agostino got a special shot out as Obama said she was "what the Olympic spirit and the American spirit should be all about." *NBC Sports: "President Obama: “2016 belonged to America’s women Olympians. Y’all crushed it." *AP: 1936 Olympians Receive Overdue Recognition At White House *Video, Photos, Quotes (Allyson Felix) From USA TodaySeptember 30, 2016
On The Boards
- 3 things that bothered me re Rio T&F . . . . and props to Rupp!
- America will NOT win a single medal from the 800m onwards.
- VIVIAN!!!
- Ayana goes home DEVASTATED!
- I'm not watching the Women's 5000 meter final. This is ridiculous
- Ayana's 5K semi.
- Genzebe Dibaba will try to qualify for 10000 & 5000m for Rio?
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- Team USA Spends The Day At The White House With Some Track Athletes Getting Special Mention In President Obama's Speech
- More from Rio: Mo Farah Doesn't Like Answering Questions About Jama Aden and SAFP Doesn't Like Taking Questions About Usain Bolt
- How Vivian Cheruiyot Took Down Almaz Ayana to Finally Become Olympic Champion
- Vivian Cheruiyot Stuns Almaz Ayana And Wins Women's 5000 Gold In One Of The Biggest Upsets Of The Olympics
- Abbey D’Agostino & Nikki Hamblin Show the True Meaning of the Olympics as Almaz Ayana Leads Women’s 5,000 Qualifiers
- 2016 Olympic Women’s 5,000 Preview: Almaz Ayana Looks to Become the Second Woman to Complete the Distance Double; Will the World Record Fall Too?
- Hellen Obiri thinks she's ready for Olympic 5000 - Says she's done a lot of long runs to lose weight
Analysis
- Team USA Spends The Day At The White House With Some Track Athletes Getting Special Mention In President Obama's Speech
- More from Rio: Mo Farah Doesn't Like Answering Questions About Jama Aden and SAFP Doesn't Like Taking Questions About Usain Bolt
- Men's 5000: Mo Farah Completes The "Double Double"; American Paul Chelimo Surprises With Silver After A Slew Of DQs And Reinstatements Temporarily Cause Silver And Bronze Medal Pandemonium
- How Vivian Cheruiyot Took Down Almaz Ayana to Finally Become Olympic Champion
- Vivian Cheruiyot Stuns Almaz Ayana And Wins Women's 5000 Gold In One Of The Biggest Upsets Of The Olympics
- Disaster for Kenya: Kenya Advances Zero Men To 5000 Meter Final But Team USA Gets All Three Through
- Abbey D’Agostino & Nikki Hamblin Show the True Meaning of the Olympics as Almaz Ayana Leads Women’s 5,000 Qualifiers
- 2016 Olympic Women’s 5,000 Preview: Almaz Ayana Looks to Become the Second Woman to Complete the Distance Double; Will the World Record Fall Too?
- Hellen Obiri thinks she's ready for Olympic 5000 - Says she's done a lot of long runs to lose weight
Event Recaps
- Team USA Spends The Day At The White House With Some Track Athletes Getting Special Mention In President Obama's Speech
- More from Rio: Mo Farah Doesn't Like Answering Questions About Jama Aden and SAFP Doesn't Like Taking Questions About Usain Bolt
- Men's 5000: Mo Farah Completes The "Double Double"; American Paul Chelimo Surprises With Silver After A Slew Of DQs And Reinstatements Temporarily Cause Silver And Bronze Medal Pandemonium
- How Vivian Cheruiyot Took Down Almaz Ayana to Finally Become Olympic Champion
- Vivian Cheruiyot Stuns Almaz Ayana And Wins Women's 5000 Gold In One Of The Biggest Upsets Of The Olympics
- Disaster for Kenya: Kenya Advances Zero Men To 5000 Meter Final But Team USA Gets All Three Through
- Abbey D’Agostino & Nikki Hamblin Show the True Meaning of the Olympics as Almaz Ayana Leads Women’s 5,000 Qualifiers
- 2016 Olympic Women’s 5,000 Preview: Almaz Ayana Looks to Become the Second Woman to Complete the Distance Double; Will the World Record Fall Too?
- Hellen Obiri thinks she's ready for Olympic 5000 - Says she's done a lot of long runs to lose weight
Interviews
- Team USA Spends The Day At The White House With Some Track Athletes Getting Special Mention In President Obama's Speech
- More from Rio: Mo Farah Doesn't Like Answering Questions About Jama Aden and SAFP Doesn't Like Taking Questions About Usain Bolt
- How Vivian Cheruiyot Took Down Almaz Ayana to Finally Become Olympic Champion
- Vivian Cheruiyot Stuns Almaz Ayana And Wins Women's 5000 Gold In One Of The Biggest Upsets Of The Olympics
- Abbey D’Agostino & Nikki Hamblin Show the True Meaning of the Olympics as Almaz Ayana Leads Women’s 5,000 Qualifiers
- 2016 Olympic Women’s 5,000 Preview: Almaz Ayana Looks to Become the Second Woman to Complete the Distance Double; Will the World Record Fall Too?
- Runner's Tribe "Road To Rio" Interview With Patrick Tiernan
- Hellen Obiri thinks she's ready for Olympic 5000 - Says she's done a lot of long runs to lose weight
Event Previews
- Team USA Spends The Day At The White House With Some Track Athletes Getting Special Mention In President Obama's Speech
- More from Rio: Mo Farah Doesn't Like Answering Questions About Jama Aden and SAFP Doesn't Like Taking Questions About Usain Bolt
- How Vivian Cheruiyot Took Down Almaz Ayana to Finally Become Olympic Champion
- Vivian Cheruiyot Stuns Almaz Ayana And Wins Women's 5000 Gold In One Of The Biggest Upsets Of The Olympics
- 2016 Olympic Men’s 5,000 Preview: Favorite Mo Farah Aims to Complete the Double-Double; Can Bernard Lagat Medal at 41?
- Abbey D’Agostino & Nikki Hamblin Show the True Meaning of the Olympics as Almaz Ayana Leads Women’s 5,000 Qualifiers
- 2016 Olympic Women’s 5,000 Preview: Almaz Ayana Looks to Become the Second Woman to Complete the Distance Double; Will the World Record Fall Too?
- Hellen Obiri thinks she's ready for Olympic 5000 - Says she's done a lot of long runs to lose weight