2024-08-10 20:09:38
Jakob Ingebrigtsen fought back at the Paris Olympics on Saturday. Four days after a disappointing “blank” in his flagship event, the 1,500m, the Norwegian track star won gold for the first time over 5,000m in the final evening race at the Stade de France in France. First track and field medal. Cyréna Samba-Mayela won silver in the 100m hurdles.
Ingebrigtsen broke away from his pursuers on the final lap and won in 13:13.66 minutes. This is the Norwegian’s second Olympic gold medal. Kenyans Ronald Kwemoi and Grant Fisher from the United States took the podium. 1,500-meter runner Faith Kipyegon is unmatched. The Kenyan won her third consecutive long-distance gold medal, cementing her status as one of the best middle-distance runners in history. The 30-year-old won a silver medal in the 5,000m race in Paris.
World Cup runner-up Emanuel Wanyonyi from Kenya clocked 1 minute, 41.19 seconds in the 800 meters, just three tenths of a second off the world record. Sudanese-born Canadian Marco Arop could only settle for silver in one hundredth.
The results in the women’s 100m hurdles were similarly close. American Masai Russell clocked 12.33 seconds ahead of Samba-Mayela (12.34 seconds). Despite this, the Frenchwoman, who finished second, received a loud cheer from the 70,000 fans at the Stade de France. Defending champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico won the bronze medal. The gold medal in javelin was won by world champion Haruka Kitaguchi of Japan with a throw of 65.80 meters. Austrian hope Victoria Hudson has already failed to qualify for the event with 59.69m.
Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberg caused a stir ahead of the high jump final. Earlier in the day, the defending champion said via Instagram that he had another episode of renal colic and was experiencing severe pain. In the evening competition, after jumping 2.22 meters, he failed three times at 2.27 meters and was eliminated. New Zealand’s Hamish Kerr won gold in a play-off ahead of American Shelby McEwen. Mutaz Essa Barshim from Qatar had to settle for bronze this time after agreeing with Tamberi for gold in Tokyo.
America’s ace running runner ended the track and field competition with a victory in the 4 x 400 meter relay. The extremely capable women’s quartet was only a tenth of a second off the world record, while the men’s quartet was 14 percent behind the world record.
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