2006 World Junior Championships
Day 2 - 8/16 - pm session
MEN'S 10K FINALS

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006
At Beijing, China

 

2006 World Junior Championships
Day 2 - 8/16
MEN'S 10K FINALS

Wednesday August 16th, 2006
At Beijing, China
photos Doug Speck
summary Mike Kennedy

 
Top 2 Sprint down the straight! - Jake Schmitt USA

Final

With three laps remaining, and 25:45.11 into the race, there were seven runners in contention for the medals led by Ibrahim Gashu of Ethiopia, Aadam Khamis of Berundi and, Samuel Tesfamriam of Eretria. At 600 meters Tesfamriam took the led closely followed by Ebuya. With one lap remaining the positions reversed positions. Ebuya continued to lead down the final back straight but around the final turn Gashu came up on his shoulder and passed Ebuya with about 50 meters remaining to win in 28:53.29. Ebuya was second in 28:53.46 and Khamas was third in 28:54.30. Gashu final 400 had to have been under 57 second and his final 1,200 was about 3:08.

Official Results - 10,000 Metres - Men - Final
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 20:30
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Records
1 236 Ibrahim Jeilan Gashu ETH 28:53.29
2 454 Joseph Ebuya KEN 28:53.46 (PB)
3 85 Aadam Ismaeel Khamis BRN 28:54.30 (NJ)
4 198 Samuel Tsegay Tesfamriam ERI 28:58.09 (NJ)
5 51 Abraham Niyonkuru BDI 28:59.92 (NJ)
6 238 Dereje Tadesse Raya ETH 29:04.46
7 587 Mohammed Abduh Bakhet QAT 29:18.76 (PB)
8 144 Longyun Ren CHN 29:19.25 (SB)
9 446 Yuta Takahashi JPN 29:33.98 (PB)
10 646 Sylvain Rukundo RWA 29:47.96 (PB)
11 589 Naser Jamal Naser QAT 29:50.81
12 75 Reginaldo Campos Junior BRA 30:04.38
13 52 Ezechiel Nizigiyimana BDI 30:08.98
14 129 Jinhong Huang CHN 30:20.32 (PB)
15 77 Daniel da Silva BRA 30:52.22
16 245 Tuomas Jokinen FIN 31:04.85
17 791 Jake Schmitt USA 31:38.22
18 592 Ciprian Suhanea ROM 33:53.40
448 Tsuyoshi Ugachi JPN DQ
197 Meles Okbazgi ERI DQ
403 Andrea Lalli ITA DNF
469 Eunhoi Jeon KOR DNF
272 Riad Guerfi FRA DNF