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Beatrice Chebet is looking to win a first women’s 10,000m Olympics title for Kenya but will have to be mindful of defending champion Sifan Hassan and controversial Gudaf Tsegay.
Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet is out to complete a rare Olympics double as she takes to the track for the women’s 10,000m final in Paris on Friday night.
Chebet stunned Faith Kipyegon to win the 5,000m title and is now looking for double delight in Paris in the 10,000m.
Kenyan hopes lie in the two-time World Cross-Country champion who broke the world record in 10,000m at the Prefontaine Classic in May, which acted as the Olympics trials for Team Kenya.
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20:30 - 06.08.2024
Beatrice Chebet delves into strategy she used to beat Faith Kipyegon to Olympic 5000m gold, reveals how Sifan Hassan inspires her
Chebet has now revealed the tactics she applied in training to beat her compatriot Faith Kipyegon and Sifan Hassan to the Olympic 5000m gold medal.
After her great tactical race in the 5,000m, there is optimism among Kenyans that lighting will strike twice and add a second gold on the medal table.
Chebet is joined on the team by Lilian Kasait and Margaret Chelimo but the Kenyan trio will have to be mindful of defending champion Sifan Hassan and Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay.
Hassan in featuring in three races at the Paris Games, the 5,000m, where she won bronze, 10,000m and marathon and the Kenyans have an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone.
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12:30 - 06.08.2024
Sifan Hassan slams Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay's dark arts after nearly ruining Faith Kipyegon's night
Hassan has criticised Tsegay for her notorious boxing antics after they initially caused Faith Kipyegon to be wrongly judged and stripped off her silver medal in the 5000m of the ongoing Paris Olympic games.
The first is to stop her from retaining her title while the second is running a fast race that will burn her out before Sunday’s marathon where she will be up against Kenyans Peres Jepchirchir, Hellen Obiri and Sharon Lokedi.
Meanwhile, Tsegay is the athlete who nearly ruined Kipyegon’s Olympics after she had an altercation with her in the 5,000m that led to her disqualification before her silver medal was reinstated following an appeal.
Ethiopian runners are gaining a reputation of using ‘dirty tricks’ and the Kenyans will have to be wary of them by avoiding close contact.
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15:53 - 06.08.2024
The millions Beatrice Chebet will pocket after stunning Faith Kipyegon to win Olympics gold
Beatrice Chebet won Kenya’s first gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Monday and she is guaranteed millions in prize money from both her country and World Athletics.
Kenya has never won an Olympics gold in the women’s 10,000m, giving Chebet and Co and opportunity to make history.
Sally Kipyego, silver in London 2012, and Vivian Cheruiyot, silver in Rio 2016 and bronze in London 2012, are the only medallists from Kenya in the women’s 10,000m at the Olympics.
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