A messy women's 5000m (with Helen Obiri falling late on) finished with Tirop (Kenya) winning in 14:50.82, the race speeding up over the last couple of laps. Worku (Ethiopia) came 2nd in a new PB, 14:51.31 with Reneguruk another Kenyan coming 3rd.
A surprise came from Canadian 24 year old Debues-Stafford in 4th place, in what is apparently her first ever 5000m race outdoors. (She has an indoor PB from this year of 14.57, coming behind Laura Muir in the Glasgow Indoor meet in January... which after checking her history on the IAAF website, was apparently her first EVER 5000m in OR outdoors!) Normally a 1500m runner, Stafford smashed the Canadian record of 14:54.98 set by Courtney Babcock back in the 2003 World Championships, with a 14:51.59 clocking.
Further down the standings, Elish McColgan, recently a victim of a robbery at her home, came 7th in 14:52.40, a good time and an easy qualifying time for Doha. In 8th was Melissa Courtney who ran a huge 5000m PB of 14:53.82, slashing over 11 seconds from her previous best time in the event and is also a qualifier for Doha in the summer! That time from Courtney puts her up to 6th place in the UK all-time list.
A surprise came from Canadian 24 year old Debues-Stafford in 4th place, in what is apparently her first ever 5000m race outdoors. (She has an indoor PB from this year of 14.57, coming behind Laura Muir in the Glasgow Indoor meet in January... which after checking her history on the IAAF website, was apparently her first EVER 5000m in OR outdoors!) Normally a 1500m runner, Stafford smashed the Canadian record of 14:54.98 set by Courtney Babcock back in the 2003 World Championships, with a 14:51.59 clocking.
Further down the standings, Elish McColgan, recently a victim of a robbery at her home, came 7th in 14:52.40, a good time and an easy qualifying time for Doha. In 8th was Melissa Courtney who ran a huge 5000m PB of 14:53.82, slashing over 11 seconds from her previous best time in the event and is also a qualifier for Doha in the summer! That time from Courtney puts her up to 6th place in the UK all-time list.
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