Ibrahim Jielan upstages undefeated Mo Farah in 10000m World Champs

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10000m Race - Ethiopian Ibrahim Jielan wins the 10000m race. 

Summary of the Race. 

At the 1km, Kenyan Peter Cheruiyot Kirui brought the runners to a slow 2min 57. 10sec. After that Eritrean Zersenay Tadese dominated the 2nd and 3rd km mark in 5min 37sec and 8min 20sec. Over time Paul Kipngethch Tanui of Kenya brought the runners to an 11min 07sec at the 4th km mark. At the 10th lap, Ethiopian had to come out of the race. Later on, Kenyan Peter Cheruiyot Kirui led the runners to a 13min 52sec at the 5km mark. Zersenay Tadese, with resilience, bounced back with a 16min 36sec and 19min 17sec for the 6th and 7th km mark. Subsequently, Imane took control of the run with a 22min 00sec in the 8km mark. At the 9km mark, Kenyan Martin was able to lead temporarily before Ibrahim was able to fight it out and win the race in 27min 13.81sec with Briton Mo Farah inches away with a time of 27min 14.07sec. Mo Farah had a very fine season of not getting defeated in any race. This championship ended with Mo Farah getting the silver.

				28 August 2011 - 19:30 Position Bib Athlete Country Mark 1 373 Ibrahim Jeilan ETH 27:13.81 2 439 Mohamed Farah GBR 27:14.07 3 377 Imane Merga ETH 27:19.14 4 323 Zersenay Tadese ERI 27:22.57 5 660 Martin Irungu Mathathi KEN 27:23.87 6 652 Peter Cheruiyot Kirui KEN 27:25.63 (PB) 7 1120 Galen Rupp USA 27:26.84 (SB) 8 379 Sileshi Sihine ETH 27:34.11 9 665 Paul Kipngetich Tanui KEN 27:54.03 10 1129 Matthew Tegenkamp USA 28:41.62 11 861 Rui Silva POR 28:48.62 12 574 Daniele Meucci ITA 28:50.28 13 890 Stephen Mokoka RSA 28:51.97 14 1062 Scott Bauhs USA 29:03.92 15 630 Yuki Sato JPN 29:04.15 16 763 Juan Carlos Romero MEX 29:38.38 206 Ali Hasan Mahbood BRN DNF 310 Bayron Piedra ECU DNF 365 Kenenisa Bekele ETH DNF 321 Teklemariam Medhin ERI DNS
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