Almaz Ayana destroyed the women's 10,000-meters world record Friday to win the first track and field gold medal at Rio 2016.
The Ethiopian, a world champion in the 5,000 meters who was competing at this distance on a track for only the second time, employed a bold strategy in making a break a little over halfway through to leave Kenya's Vivian Cheruiyot and 2012 champion Tirunesh Dibaba to complete the podium.
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"This means everything for me. God is the one that got me here.