Kenyan Chebet knocked out the favourites and won Olympic gold in the 5,000 metres

Kenyan athlete Beatrice Chebet surprised this Monday one of the favourites for the distance and was crowned champion in the 5,000 metres at Paris 2024 with a time of 14:28.56, in her first participation in the Olympic Games.

With a sprint in the last 50 meters, Chebet managed to overtake her compatriot Faith Kipyegon, The reigning world champion, who had entered the race in the lead after the bend and crossed second, was ultimately disqualified for obstruction during a race incident.

The silver medal went to the next to cross the finish line, the Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan (14:30.61), defending Olympic champion, and bronze went to Italian Nadia Battocletti (14:31.64), who won her first Olympic medal.

Chebet held firm in the leading group with the big favourites, Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay, world record holder and bronze in Tokyo 2020 and Faith Kipyegon, cwith a more backward Sifan Hassan who at the beginning of the last kilometer was in ninth position and did not accelerate until the last 500 meters.

On the last lap at the Stade de France, Kipyegon and Chebet stood out in the lead and Hassan continued to accelerate, failing to threaten the leading duo. Tsegay was left behind and finished only eighth (14:45.21), despite achieving her best time of the season.

At 24, Chebet takes home his first Olympic gold in Parisafter winning bronze in the distance at the 2023 Budapest World Championships and silver at the 2022 Eugene World Championships.

In Paris, The Kenyan will compete in the 10,000m on Friday metres, where she has been the world record holder since May.

There he will once again face Gudaf Tsegay and Sifan Hassan.who will defend the Olympic title won in Tokyo three years ago.