Emma ended her season with a nice $30,000 win in Morocco today. Most importantly she beat Hiwot Ayalew the final 100m of a race.
The pace was slow early and it came down to the final lap. Hiwot Ayalew had the lead over the final water barrier with Coburn behind her. Coburn however had something left. By the time they got to the final barrier they were side by side. They went over together and Ayalew stumbled coming over the barrier. That was enough to give Coburn the win. Ayalew then fell on the track at the finish and was carried off on a stretcher.
POS BIB ATHLETE TEAM COUNTRY MARK
1 247 Emma COBURN Americas SA 9:50.67
2 175 Hiwot AYALEW Africa ETH 9:51.59
3 147 Ruth JEBET Asia-Pacific BRN 9:55.24
4 143 Sviatlana KUDZELICH Europe BLR 9:56.31
5 239 Charlotta FOUGBERG Europe SWE 10:07.62
6 215 Salima ELOUALI ALAMI Africa MAR 10:08.35
7 152 Jessica FURLAN Americas CAN 10:16.51
8 138 Stella RADFORD Asia-Pacific AUS 11:07.02