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Kenyan athlete Faith Kipyegon completed second within the girls’s Olympic 5,000 meters on Monday, however was later disqualified—a choice that her residence nation plans to problem.
Paris Olympic organizers stated in a press launch that Kipyegon “was disqualified for obstruction following an incident between her and Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay with two laps to go.” Video footage of the competitors confirmed that the 2 athletes had collided through the race.
Olympic organizers stated that Team Kenya will attraction the ruling, and Team Kenya posted on X concerning the disqualification, saying: “An attraction is lodged.”
Beatrice Chebet, additionally of Kenya, received the gold medal within the race on Monday with a time of 14 minutes and 28.56 seconds. Chebet, 24, and Kipyegon, 30, hugged one another and celebrated after the race. But then Kipyegon’s identify disappeared from the outcomes record, and the record later indicated that she had been disqualified from the competitors.
Kipyegon’s disqualification meant that Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands claimed silver, and Nadia Battocletti of Italy earned bronze.
Kipyegon beforehand received the 1,500 meter gold in Rio and Tokyo.
