Kenya's Beatrice Chebet celebrates after winning the Olympic women's 5000m final at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on Monday.
Kenya's Beatrice Chebet won the gold medal in the women's Olympic 5,000-metres as she sprinted home to claim the title after a textbook performance on Monday.Thomson ReutersKenya's Beatrice Chebet celebrates after winning the Olympic women's 5000m final at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on Monday. Kenya's Beatrice Chebet won the gold medal in the women's Olympic 5,000-metres as she sprinted home to claim the title after a textbook performance on Monday.
Chebet produced a thrilling finish to win the first medal for her country at the Paris Olympics and smiled wide as she crossed the line after an exhausting performance.Saint Lucia's Julien Alfred storms to Olympic women's 100m title She kept her cool as Kipyegon collided at the start of the penultimate lap with Ethiopian world record holder Gudaf Tsegay, who grimaced but continued, and accelerated from there.
Tokyo champion Hassan was in fifth place heading into the final 400 and dug deep to try to hang onto her Olympic crown but could not match the Kenyans' speed around the final turn.
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