Big showdowns 2017: Laura Muir completes 6th as Hellen Obiri wins 5,000m gold

Kenya's Hellen Obiri disturbed guarding best on the planet Almaz Ayana to win 5,000m gold on the last night of rivalry as Britain's Laura Muir completed 6th.
 

Muir was contending in her initially major 5,000m last

 Ethiopian Ayana had added world 10,000m gold to her Olympic title on the earlier end of the week and took the pace out hard after a moderate initial two laps.

Just Obiri, silver medallist in Rio the previous summer, could run with her as the combine ran the second kilometer in 2 minutes 28 seconds and tossed in a 5 mins 40 secs two-kilometer area as the field chipped.

Ayana couldn't shake her shadow and with 300m to go Obiri detonated away for gold in 14 mins 34.86 secs, Ayana five and a half seconds afloat and the Netherlands' Sifan Hassan shutting quick for bronze.

6th in 14:52.07 speaks to a noteworthy outcome for Muir in her initially major 5,000m last, having likewise completed fourth in her favored 1500m.

Her countryman Eilish McColgan was tenth in 15:00.43, one of numerous unfit to take after the remarkable pace of the front two.

Obiri shrouded the last kilometer in 2 mins 45 seconds and the last lap in only 60 seconds, an exceptional show of separation running predominance.

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