Beatrice Chebet Clinches Olympic 5,000m Gold, Faith Kipyegon’s Silver Reinstated(Video)
World cross country and 5km champion Beatrice Chebet of Kenya is the new Olympic Games 5,000metres champion.
Chebet, the current 10,000m world record holder, waylaid the world 5,000m champion Faith Kipyegon with 60m to go to win the 5,000m in 14 minutes and 28.56 seconds on Monday at the Stade de France.
Kipyegon, the reigning Olympic 1,500m champion who was disqualified for lane infringement after finishing second, had her medal reinstated after a successful appeal.
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Defending champion Sifan Hassan from the Netherlands, who benefited to claim silver in 14:30.61.
Nadia Battocletti from Italy would deny Kenya’s Margaret Chelimo a podium finish to settle third in a National Record time of 14:31.64. Chelimo, the 2019 world 5,000m silver medallist, would finish fourth in 14:32.23.
Chebet hugged and cheered Kipyegon as the pair donned Kenyan flags to wild cheers from the packed house at the Stade de France.
It quickly became clear, however, that Kipyegon would not join her on the podium as her name disappeared from the results list and she was later marked disqualified.
Beatrice Chebet Clinches Olympic 5,000m Gold, Faith Kipyegon’s Silver Reinstated(Video)
