RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — With one last chance for a gold medal in what's probably her last Olympics, Vivian Cheruiyot turned to — who else — Usain Bolt for a pre-race pep talk.
Guess what? It worked.
The Kenyan said she shared a few words with Bolt before her 5,000-meter final at the Olympic Stadium on Friday. Then she ran down world champion and heavy favorite Almaz Ayana to win a long-awaited first Olympic title. She also set a new games record.
"It was my fourth Olympic Games and I had not got gold," the 32-year-old Cheruiyot said.