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FORT WORTH, Texas -- Carl Edwards left Phoenix International Raceway nearly a year ago drenching wet and in bewilderment.He so badly wanted to get the race restarted when the rain fell in the desert, but NASCAR had no choice after the rare deluge. The race was over and Edwards wound up eliminated from Chase contention.His championship hopes ruined by a storm, he would have waited all night just for that chance to earn the five spots he needed to prove he deserved to make it to Homestead with a shot at the title.But he wont head to Phoenix next week with the memory of anger or disappointment that rain came at an inopportune time.Instead, he will go to Arizona with the memory of another rainstorm -- the one on Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway. Leading with 41 laps left in the scheduled 334-lap AAA 500, Edwards celebrated when NASCAR determined it would take at least two hours to dry the track and therefore called the race official. (It took more than five hours for the track to dry from rain that forced the race to go green six hours late.)Once Edwards knew he was the winner, he broke into a huge smile, and the team roared with cheers.This rain was a lot more welcome than that rain [at Phoenix], Edwards said. That was very frustrating. But thats the way this sport goes. Its close.We have amazing competitors. They make it tough.With the win, Edwards advanced to be among the four drivers eligible for the championship in two weeks at Homestead-Miami Speedway. He will join Jimmie Johnson and two other drivers --?Joey Logano and Kyle Busch have a 1-point lead on Matt Kenseth and two points on Denny Hamlin. Phoenix powerhouse Kevin Harvick likely needs a drop-the-mic moment with a win while sitting 18 points behind. Kurt Busch at 34 points back is in the worst shape of the bunch for a shot to win the title.Anything short of a championship will be a disappointment, Edwards said. Weve got a championship-caliber team, parts, people and pit crew. We need to be able to go do it.Ironically, a crash at Martinsville a week earlier put Edwards in a virtual must-win situation at Texas or Phoenix. The benefit of that crash? Edwards knew he had to stay out when the rains started to fall at Texas and not give up the lead to another driver hoping to steal the win. He needed to roll the dice and hope that the rain would be hard enough to end the race. The easy choice ended up as the right choice.When things go bad, sometimes it makes it really simple, Edwards said. As soon as we had that trouble at Martinsville, the first thing we all said was, Hey, weve got to go win Texas. Thats what we have to do.You always wonder in this sport if you can step it up or do something better -- and I feel like everyone did this weekend. We actually were able to do that. Now we get the opportunity to go do the same thing at Homestead.Edwards entered Texas with confidence. He had led 124 laps back in the spring, but a pit road miscue in which Edwards had to pit under green for a loose lug nut resulted in a seventh-place finish. His pit crew came through, however, when it mattered most at Texas, putting him in the lead on Sunday with a fast pit stop on Lap 258. He never relinquished the lead.So maybe in this year when curses end in sports, Edwards will feel less cursed, especially by rain or pit crew flubs.I guess its vindication of some sort, crew chief Dave Rogers said. You always play the game as hard as you can. The past is the past. Its not really a reflection of tomorrow. We didnt think of any of that.They didnt have time to think about it. They were just too busy trying to execute so they wouldnt face a must-win situation in an elimination race next week in Phoenix.We didnt just win because of the rain, Edwards said. We were in position we could win either way. That was a real testament ... to having a great race car.Edwards has had great race cars and not gone home with the trophy. He needs one more great race car for Homestead. He has 28 career wins, but he seeks his first Cup title with the memory stuck in his mind of the 2011 championship and finishing second to Tony Stewart on a tiebreaker after Stewart and Edwards finished 1-2 in the finale at Homestead.One of the first things my dad told me about racing is he said, There is a thousand ways to lose a race, Edwards said. None of those thousand things can happen. You have to have everything go well.Those disappointments, like Martinsville [last week] or Phoenix last year or 2011 and that battle -- thats just part of the sport. Thats what makes victories and days like this and championships so special. 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It was the 32-year-old Cheruiyots first Olympic gold after a silver and a bronze at the London Games and that silver behind in the 10,000 in Rio.Fellow Kenyan Hellen Obiri also beat world champion Ayana to take the silver in a personal record 14:29.77.Ayana, who broke the world record in winning the 10,000 on the opening day of track and field at the Rio de Janeiro Games, finished third in 14:33.59. All three medalists crossed inside the former Olympic record of 14:40.79 set by Romanias Gabriela Szabo at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.Not surprisingly, the five top finishers were all from Kenya or Ethiopia.The 24-year-old Ayana, who was completely dominant in the 10,000, was expected to challenge Ethiopian compatriot Tirunesh Dibabas world record of 14:11.15 in the 5,000 final. Halfway throough the race she had taken control after an early break by Japans Miyuki Uehara and opened a big gap on the chasing pack.ddddddddddddBut, on a warm night in Rio, she suddenly tired and Cheruiyot breezed past, sinking Ayanas bid for a 5,000-10,000 double at her first Olympics.Nikki Hamblin, the runner whose act of sportsmanship alongside American Abbey DAgostino in the 5,000 meters heats warmed hearts at the Olympics, finished last in the final in 16:14.24 -- still a personal best for the New Zealand athlete.I went out there and I tried to compete, I tried as hard as I could, Hamblin said. I hung on for a while and then the move came and I didnt have the legs.DAgostino didnt run in the final because of a knee injury.The two were involved in one of the feel-good moments of the games when they collided in their heat and both tumbled. DAgostino first helped Hamblin to her feet and encouraged her to finish the race. The American then realized she had sustained a bad knee injury. Hamblin returned the favor by helping her, and DAgostino finished the race while grimacing in pain with torn knee ligaments.Both runners were given a place in Fridays final because of the collision. ' ' '