Almaz Ayana (L) of Ethiopia poses next to a board displaying her new world record after the women's 10000m at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 12, 2016. Almaz Ayana set a new world record and won the gold medal with a time of 29 minutes and 17.45 seconds. (Xinhua/Li Ming)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopian distance runner Almaz Ayana clocked 29 minutes, 17.45 seconds to break women's 10000 world record at the Rio Olympic Games here on Friday.
The former world record of 29:31.78 was set by China's Wang Junxia in 1993.
