"I can't believe it! I'm so grateful for the win. I didn't give up. The plan of the Kenyan team was to assist ourselves toward the end.I am very, very disappointed that we lost the gold. For myself personally, I am pleased because this is my first time running this event at the World Championships, so I'm happy I got a medal. But I would have been happy if Meseret had got the gold. I was expecting her to win. I never saw the Kenyan.
Although we lost the gold, at least we have the silver and the bronze. I think that if we had taken over the pace mid-way, we would have fared better. We could have taken the gold.
[Note: Wude Ayalew was not aware she had medalled at the time she gave this quote.]
I felt some pain inside and it started bothering me the last couple of laps. The last 30 metres, I had trouble lifting my legs."
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