体坛英语资讯：Bai Xue wins Chinas first gold medal, Bekele completes rare golden double_娱乐

体坛英语资讯：Bai Xue wins Chinas first gold medal, Bekele completes rare golden double

China finally won a gold medal through Bai Xue in the women's marathon in the last day's competition of the 12th World Athletics Championships, putting an end to their frustrating wait for an athletics title since the Beijng Olympics.

Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia won his first men's 5,000 meters world title to complete a golden double here in a thrilling race. American Bernard Lagat caught him up in the straight and passed him as well but the 10,000m champion came back, taking another title in the end in 13:17.09.

体坛英语资讯：Bai Xue wins Chinas first gold medal, Bekele completes rare golden double1

China's Bai Xue displays her medal during the women's marathon medal ceremony of the 2009 IAAF Athletics World Championships in Berlin, capital of Germany, August 23, 2009

China topped the gold medal tally in Beijing with 51 gold medals but none of them was from track and field. Now the whole nation can breathe a sigh of relief after 20-year-old Bai took thehistoric marathon win.

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Chinese marathon team members stand on the podium during the women's marathon medal ceremony of the 2009 IAAF Athletics World Championships in Berlin, capital of Germany, August 23, 2009

With one kilometer to go, Bai overtook her only rival Yoshimi Ozaki of Japan to capture a commanding victor in 2:25:15. Ozaki held on for second in 2:25:25 while Ethiopia's Aselefech Mergia took bronze in 2:25:32. Bai's teammate Zhou Chunxiu, silver winner in Osaka 2007 and bronze medalist in last year's Olympics, was fourth in 2:25:39. Two other Chinese runners Zhu Xiaolin, fourth finisher in Osaka, and Sun Weiwei, finished fifth in 2:26:08 and 2:29:39 respectively.