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China's Dong Finished Fourth in Women's 5,000m
China's Dong Yanmei Finishes 4th in 5,000 Meter Final
Olga Yegorova, who was reinstated by the IAAF after controversial EPO positive test, took the women's 5,000m world title at the eighth World Athletics Championships Edmonton Saturday afternoon.
The 29-year-old Russian outraced all her rivals to clock in her winning time of 15:03.39, beating Spain's Marta Dominguez to second in 15:06.59 and Ethiopia's Ayelech Worku in third in 15:10. 17.
China's Dong Yanmei, who led the first 3,000m and 4,000m, finished in fourth in 15:10.73, and Gabriela Szabo of Romania, who won the 1,500m earlier and threatened to boycott the event should Yegerova was allowed to compete, ranked in a distant eighth position in 15:19.55.
"All controversy I have had in recent days did not affect me that much. I got to know about the problem so late I was already preparing myself to these competitions," said Yegorova, "When I first heard from Paris problems that I thought it must be a mistake, which it turned out to be. I know sport is sport and I too have to follow the rules in it."
"Now I am at the top and very satisfied," she said, "I don't want to be against anybody, I wish my competitors all the best. I want to keep on running and look for the future, not to think what has happened in the past."
Silver medalist Dominguez said that "it was a great final. For the last part the rhythm was not very good for me, there were a lot of changes in it, but I knew I had a good final the last dozen or so paces. I congratulate Yegorova, it is a clear proof of her ability."
Szabo left the track immediately, saying that "Yegorova is not the champion here. I will have to take some time off to reconsider everything, but Yegorova is not the champion in my mind. "
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