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2008 Beijing Olympics - Day 13

August 21, 2008

World champion Kaniskina jumped to the lead on her first step and slowly pulled away from the pack as she built a decisive one-minute lead going into the final kilometres to finish in an Olympic record of one hour, 26 minutes and 31 seconds.

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  • "I haven't broken the world record because of the weather (but) it was better than a sunny and hot day," Kaniskina said.

    Kaniskina's victory gave Russia their fifth athletics gold, placing the Russians atop the track and field medal table ahead of Jamaica, with four gold medals.

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