Africa's first gold in Rio - Ayana breaks 10,000m world record

Africa has won her first gold medal at the Rio Olympics thanks to the record breaking effort of Ethiopia’s Almaz Ayana in the women’s 10,000m.
Ayana raced to gold, breaking the world record over the distance – her time of 29 minutes 17.45 seconds dethroned the previous mark (29:31.78) by China’s Wang Junxia, a record set 23 years ago.
“This means everything for me. I never thought that this would happen and I’m so in awe. I’m very happy to get here,” Ayana said after the race.

"This means everything for me. I never thought that this would happen and I'm so in awe. I'm very happy to get here."

The International Association of Athletics Federations, (IAAF) took to Twitter to congratulate the new world record holder on her feat.