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2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres
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The '''women's [[10,000 metres]] at the [[2009 World Championships in Athletics]]''' was held at the [[Olympiastadion Berlin|Olympic Stadium]] on 15 August. The [[Ethiopia at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics|Ethiopian team]] was particularly strong in the event, with two-time World Champion [[Tirunesh Dibaba]], [[5000 metres]] World Champion [[Meseret Defar]], and [[List of African records in athletics|African record]] holder (contracted; show full) pass her teammate until Defar began to fade, unable to maintain her speed.   Melkamu took the lead.   14 meters out, Masai passed Melkamu.  Perhaps not noticing, Melkamu prematurely celebrated but Masai was a meter ahead to take the gold medal with a tactically-timed run. Defar, completely exhausted, eventually finished in fifth as Ayalew sprinted past Momanyi to take the bronze.<ref>Butcher, Pat (2009-08-15). [http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=52909.html Berlin 2009 - Day 1 WRAP - 15 Aug]
 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909063746/http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=52909.html |date=2009-09-09 }}. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2009-08-15. 2009-09-08.</ref>

Breaking a decade of Ethiopian dominance, nineteen-year-old Masai's gold medal was the first Kenyan victory in the event since the [[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 World Championships]], and the country's first 10,000&nbsp;m medal since 1999.<ref>Ramsak, Bob (2009-08-15). [http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=108/newsid=52761.html Event Report - Women's 10,000m - Final] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web(contracted; show full){{reflist}}

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