{"id":6786,"date":"2017-06-10T22:30:36","date_gmt":"2017-06-11T02:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/?p=6786"},"modified":"2017-06-10T22:47:14","modified_gmt":"2017-06-11T02:47:14","slug":"obiri-sets-new-kenya-5000m-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/kenya-athletics-news-3\/obiri-sets-new-kenya-5000m-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Obiri sets new Kenya 5000m record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H_Ir8vNJbtI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Olympic Silver medalist Hellen Obiri, who only switched to the 5000m last season, set a New Kenya record in 14:18.37 . It is the fastest time in the world since 2015 and it makes Obiri the fifth fastest woman in history over the 5000m<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI train with men,\u201d she says. \u201cWe have a lot of groups in Kenya, but I like to train with men because they\u2019re good to push hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And Obiri did it all by herself. Genzebe Dibaba who was expected to push the pace, did not challenge Obiri.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 50%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/athletics\/\"><br \/>\nBack to Kenya Athletics Page<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/kenya-athletics-news-3\/obiri-sets-new-kenya-5000m-record\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic Silver medalist Hellen Obiri, who only switched to the 5000m last season, set a New Kenya record in 14:18.37&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,39],"tags":[112,781,323],"class_list":["post-6786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kenya-athletics-news-3","category-kenya-sports-commentary","tag-hellen-obiri","tag-kenyan-athletes","tag-kenyan-runners","wpcat-31-id","wpcat-39-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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