Kenya's Cheruiyot stuns Ayana to win 5,000m gold

By Drazen Jorgic RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Kenya's Vivian Cheruiyot won the Olympic women's 5,000 metres final on Friday, breaking the Games record to stun pre-race favourite Almaz Ayana of Ethiopia to take gold. World 5,000m champion Ayana was hunting her second gold medal in Rio after she shattered the 10,000m world record last week but it was Cheruiyot who triumphed with a superb tactical run to win in a time of 14.26:17. Ayana looked to be on the way to another dominant victory after surging into a huge lead four laps into the race but the Ethiopian tired in the closing stages and was unable to hold off Cheruiyot's late surge.
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