In the women's 5000m it is Berhane Adere, the women's marathon its Paula Radcliffe, those two long distance events
are clear. The women's 10000m however is not so clear:
Paula Radcliffe ran the world fastest time 6 Aug 02 in winning the Euro Championships 30:01.09 and Yingjie Sun (Chn) ran 31:09.34 to demolish the field on Jun 10 and 30:28.26 to win the Asian Championships on 8 Oct 02.
Paula's 10000m will definetly garner her some Performance of the Year votes; however, is it enough to claim the 10000m
No. 1 spot over Yingjie pair of wins?
NOTE: Both the 30:01.09 and 30:28.26 land them both in the all-time top ten.