I dedicate this to my family since they have been praying so hard for this day. I’m glad to be home so I can celebrate with them. - Grace Momanyi

I can’t believe it! At last, at long last, I have won it.

I did not win a medal here but I’m very happy to have helped my teammate get gold. We planned to wear them down during the race instead of waiting to kick at the finish where they beat us. Linet is stronger at finishing and that is why I accepted to do all the pacing especially when our teammate Florence (Kiplagat) dropped injured and God made our plan work.

I would still have given it my best go if Masai was here. Sure, it would have made the race more challenging but this victory was not easy as it looks since we had to compete against bad weather.