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World champion Cheruiyot faces challenge from Saina and Kipyego

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Vivian Cheruiyot celebrates after winning the women’s 10,000m final in Beijing last year. [PHOTO: AFP]

She has bagged the biggest prize in global distance running, with 2011 IAAF Female Athlete Performance Award and the prestigious Laureus awards safely tucked under her belt.

But one precious medal is missing from her collections –an Olympic 10,000m gold medal, which no Kenyan woman has ever won.

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