Paraguayan Derlys Ayala made a pretty big lead right at the start and stayed for about a minute before the rest. One of the few who tried to chase him a couple of times was the Swede Adhanom Abraha, but it did not succeed.
"We had told him to start a little slower, but now it's like this," said the athletics association's communications manager Hillevi Thor in an interview with SVT Sport.
With almost half the distance completed, however, several of the pre-favorites came by and past Ayala, and then the pace was also greatly increased by a handful of runners.
It was from then until the end that quite a few runners broke the race because of the heat. Despite running at night it was about 30 degrees hot.
Towards the end it was a quartet with Lelisa Desisa, Amos Kipruto, Mosinet Geremew and Stephen Mokoka who looked to make up for the victory, but the British Callum Hawkins struggled to catch up and suddenly they were five.
He pulled up the tempo right away and Mokoka let go. But with a few kilometers left he did not manage and in the end there was an Ethiopian duel between Desisa and Geremew which Desisa won in the sprint. The bronze went to Kipruto and Hawkins got the snowy fourth place just like at home in London two years ago.
Victory time was written 2.10.40 and Desisa is the 10th straight World Cup gold medalist who comes from an African country.
Abraha nevertheless kept the run together pretty well and reached the goal as 28th. Seven minutes and 17 seconds after the win.
- It's a good time and a good placement. He was a little eager as usual, but that's good, says SVT Sports expert commentator Mustafa Mohamed.