Olympic gold medal for Kenya's Chebet

After waiting for her turn, Chebet, consequently, accelerated past her countrywoman Faith Kipyegon down the home straight. As a result, she won the gold medal at the Stade de France, Paris Olympic in 14 minutes and 28.56 seconds.

Moreover, Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet ended the dream of reigning champion Sifan Hassan on Monday. Hassan, in fact, aimed for a long-distance treble in the Olympic women’s 10,000m. Ultimately, Chebet won the gold with a brilliant performance of tactical running.

In addition, Kipyegon, the reigning 5,000m world champion, was initially disqualified. This, notably, happened with two laps to go. The reason given was, specifically, an alleged shove on Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay.

However, she was later reinstated after an appeal from Kenyan officials.

Following that appeal, Dutchwoman Hassan was bumped back down from silver into bronze after finishing in a time of 14:30.61.

Dutchwoman Hassan aiming to achieve a Olympic gold medal

Olympic medal — Dutchwoman Hassan is trying to make history.

Hassan, who is 31 years old, had been aiming to achieve a historic feat. Specifically, she intended to become the first woman in history to win gold in the 5000m, 10000m, and marathon at the same Olympics. In fact, this feat would emulate the accomplishment of men’s distance-running great Emile Zatopek at the 1952 Helsinki Games.

In the closing moments of the exciting race, Hassan struggled to keep up with Kenya’s Chebet and Kipyegon. For most of the race, she had used her preferred strategy of running near the back of the field; however, this proved challenging as the race intensified.

As she approached the home straight, Kipyegon narrowly avoided colliding with Chebet. Nevertheless, before she could react, her countrymate discovered an extra gear and sped past her.

Chebet later remarked, “I had to go hard from 400 meters out because I knew Faith is very strong.” Consequently, she pushed, and I thought, ‘Let me follow her and see if I can secure second.'” In that moment, I believed that I would win the silver if I followed Faith.

Following a stellar season, the 24-year-old Kenyan established a world record in the 10,000m in Eugene, Oregon, in May. Ultimately, this was the most recent achievement for Chebet.”

During the race on Friday, Chebet will now try to capture Hassan’s Olympic 10,000-meter title.

In Paris, Chebet’s Olympic debut

Chebet, who was competing in her first Olympics, broke the record in the women’s 10,000 meters in May at the Prefontaine Classic with a time of 28:54.14.

Chebet, who was competing in her first Olympics, broke the record in the women’s 10,000 meters. She did this at the Prefontaine Classic in May with a time of 28:54.14.

Her time was faster than Letesenbet Gidey’s (29:01.03), which was recorded in Ethiopia in 2021. Chebet made history by being the first female sub-29-minute runner.

The 24-year-old finished second in the 5,000 meters at the Eugene, 2022 World Championships, with a time of 14:46.75, just behind Gudaf Tsegay’s 14:46.29.

She finished third in 14:54.33 at the World Championships in Budapest last year, behind Kipyegon (14:53.88) and Hassan (14:54.11). In 15:00.73, Chebet won her heat, ahead of Australia’s Rose Davies (15:00.86) and Ethiopia’s Medina Eisa (15:00.82).