Bahrain's Yavi wins 3,000m steeplechase gold
PARIS : Bahrain's Winfred Yavi won the women's Olympic 3,000 metres steeplechase gold medal on Tuesday.
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After Winning 10,000m, Joshua Cheptegui Pulls Out Of 5,000m In Paris Olympics 2024
Newly-crowned Olympic 10,000m champion Joshua Cheptegei will not defend his 5,000m title in Paris, he announced on Instagram Tuesday. "I'm so proud of having won Olympic gold in the 10,000m," said Cheptegei, who won silver in the event in the Tokyo Games. "So proud for Uganda. After the world junior 10,000m title, three times the world 10,000m titles, the world 10,000m record, this gold medal in an Olympic record time completes my collection.
Ethiopia's Tsegay and Welteji crush 1,500 metres qualifiers
PARIS : Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay and Diribe Welteji won their qualifiers for the 1,500 metres on Tuesday as Kenya's Faith Kipyegon, newly-minted silver medallist in the 5,000m, finished fourth in her heat.
El Bakkali, Girma move on to 3,000m men's steeplechase final
PARIS : Morocco's Olympic champion Soufiane El Bakkali and Ethiopian world record holder Lamecha Girma are set for a showdown in the Paris Olympic 3,000 metres steeplechase after the two easily advanced through the opening heats on Monday.
Brilliant Ofili runs PB in 200m, Onwuzurike seeks ‘revenge’ today
After being scrubbed out from the women’s 100m by an “unknown” Nigerian official, sprinter Favour Ofili, yesterday, morning finally fulfilled her long wish of competing in the Olympics.
Why a 4th-place finish in 10,000m meant as much to Moh Ahmed as 'most Olympic medals'
Fourth place finishes at the Olympics are supposed to be painful.
Favourites Chemutai, Yavi easily advance in 3,000m steeplechase
PARIS : Ugandan Peruth Chemutai got the defence of her Olympic 3,000 metres steeplechase title off on the right track in Paris on Sunday by cruising through the opening heat.
Canada's Moh Ahmed starts 4th Olympics with 4th-place finish in men's 10,000 metres
Moh Ahmed of St. Catharines, Ont., kicked off his fourth Olympics with a fourth-place finish in the men's 10,000 metres.