2006 World Junior Championships
Day 5 - 8/19 - SATURDAY
WOMEN'S 3000m
FINAL

Saturday August 19th, 2006
At Beijing, China

 

2006 World Junior Championships
Day 5 - 8/19 - SATURDAY
WOMEN'S 3000M
FINAL

Saturday August 19th, 2006
At Beijing, China

Veronica Nyaruai Wanjiru of Kenya Women's
3k Champ with huge finish

Event Summary: It looked like a runaway on the pre-race form sheet with Pauline Korikwiang of Kenya have a best of 8:42.38 and the next fastest being teammate Veronica Wanjiru at 8:52.9 and Belaynesh Gebre of Ethiopia at 9:00.34. But things did not quite work out that way. The race really got underway when, with two laps to go Korikwiang, Wanjiru, Gebre and Liwel Song of China broke away for the field with three to go, passed in 6:45. They remained in that order until Gebre was dropped with one lap remaining, passed in 7:58.11. The two Kenyans were with 200 remaining, passed in 8:32.15, but it was Wanjiru not Korikwiang that prevailed, 9:02.90 to 9:05.21. Song was third in 9:06.35 and Gebre fourth in 9:10.92.

Official Results - 3000 Metres - Women - Final
Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 18:40

Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 384 Wanjiru Veronica Nyaruai KEN 9:02.90 (SB)
2 379 Korikwiang Pauline Chemning KEN 9:05.21
3 130 Song Liwei CHN 9:06.35 (PB)
4 192 Gebre Belaynesh Zemedkun ETH 9:10.92
5 502 Ivanova Viktoria RUS 9:11.96 (PB)
6 370 Takayoshi Rie JPN 9:13.15 (PB)
7 40 Maveau Barbara BEL 9:13.87 (PB)
8 179 Romo Marta ESP 9:13.98 (PB)
9 369 Sendo Sayuri JPN 9:14.33 (PB)
10 530 Eminovic Azra SER 9:21.35 (NJ)
11 27 Tamsett Lara AUS 9:25.13 (PB)
12 525 Starkova Natalya RUS 9:36.21
13 78 Jasim Kareema BRN 9:40.14 (NJ)
14 114 Li Suyun CHN 9:42.25 (SB)
15 26 Starrat Lucy AUS 9:45.22
273 Hiller Julia GER DNF