After a humiliating defeat within the 1,500m, double world 5,000m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen discovered redemption within the 5,000m as soon as once more, profitable gold within the Olympic last on Saturday night in Paris. It was the primary time a Norwegian has ever received Olympic gold within the 5,000m. Ronald Kwemoi of Kenya took silver, in 13:15.04, and Workforce USA’s Grant Fisher earned the bronze, in 13:15.13–after additionally profitable bronze within the 10,000m eight days in the past.
It was a sluggish, tactical race that gave Ingebrigtsen, a robust 1,500m kicker, an enormous benefit; commentators identified that at each the 2022 and 2023 world championships, the place he was overwhelmed within the 1,500m (by Workforce GB’s Jake Wightman in 2022 and Josh Kerr in 2023), he adopted up with 5,000m wins in very sluggish races.
Ethiopia’s Hagos Gebrhiwet, the second quickest 5,000m runner of all time and the quickest man this yr, shocked followers by staying nicely again within the pack till late within the race; with 600m left, he made his transfer, placing a number of metres between himself and the sphere, however by the ultimate 200m, Ingebrigtsen had caught him and handed him huge, together with Kwemoi. Gebrhiwet was not capable of maintain the momentum and ended up ending fifth.
Thomas Fafard, the one Canadian within the race, completed twenty second, in 13:49.69. After ending a really shut fourth within the 10,000m last eight days in the past, Canada’s Moh Ahmed hoped to defend his silver medallist efficiency within the 5,000m from Tokyo 2020, but it surely was to not be; Ahmed fell within the last lap of the qualifying spherical and couldn’t catch up. Athletics Canada appealed for him to be allowed into the ultimate, however the enchantment was denied.
Canada’s Moh Ahmed narrowly misses podium in Olympic 10,000m
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