- Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet won Olympic gold in the women’s 5,000 meters
Ethiopia’s Tsige Duguma takes silver in the women’s 800m final behind Great Britians Keely Hodgkinson. This marks Ethiopia’s second medal at the Paris Olympics, following the silver of Berihu Aregawi in 10,000m. Hodgkinson timed 1min 56.72 sec for victory, with Tsige Duguma claiming silver in 1:57.15 and a world champion Kenya’s Mary Moraa taking bronze (1:57.42).
This victory is the first Ethiopian women’s 800m Olympic silver. The 23-year-old Tsige hit a personal best at her Olympic debut on the world’s biggest sporting stage in Paris 2024. She won gold at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow in March earlier this year. She was a silver medalist in the 200 meters at the 2017 African Athletic Championships in Algeria. In July 2023, she set a new personal best in the 800 meters, breaking the 2-minute barrier for the first time with 1:59.40 in Belgium.
In another athletics event held a few minutes earlier, Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet won Olympic gold in the women’s 5,000 meters with a time of 14:28.56, finishing ahead of compatriot Faith Kipyegon. Kipyegon, initially disqualified for obstruction during a clash with Gudaf Tsegay, was later reinstated.
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