Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Vivian Cheruiyot akapinda mumakwikwi semutungamiri wenyika ye2009 ari kutonga,
2011 World Cross Country Champion, mutungamiri weDiamond League, uye mukadzi akakurumidza wegore (akava wechina akakurumidza nguva dzose ne 14:20.87 maminitsi). VaEthiopia Meseret Defar naSentayehu Ejigu vakanga vamhanyisa kumhanya mwaka iwoyo. Vamhanyi gumi nevaviri vakakwikwidza pamberi pemakwikwi aya vese vaive veKenya kana veEthiopia; Linet Masai, Sylvia Kibet, Mercy Cherono naGenzebe Dibaba vaive vamwe vanokwikwidza kubva kunyika mbiri dzaitonga. Lauren Fleshman wokuUnited States ndiye akanga ari munhu aimhanya kupfuura vose asiri wokuAfrica mumakwikwi okupedzisira.