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K enyan athlete Faith Kipyegon eventually took home silver in the women’s Olympic 5,000-m on Monday, after winning an appeal against a brief disqualification over an alleged obstruction incident.
Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (born 10 January 1994) [3] is a Kenyan middle-and long-distance runner. Kipyegon is the current world record holder for the 1,500 metres and mile , and the former world record holder for the 5,000 metres .
Kipyegon was originally disqualified after the race for an earlier race incident with Tsegay. With a 59.5 final lap, Battocletti finished fourth and was advanced to the bronze behind Hassan. However, after a protest, Kipyegon was reinstated as the silver medallist and the original results were restored. [4] [5]
Kipyegon was initially disqualified from the Women's 5000 m but got reinstated after an appeal. [1] ... Faith Kipyegon: 5000 m: 14:57.56 1 Q — 14:29.60 Beatrice Chebet:
Kipyegon finished in a time of 3 minutes, 54.87 seconds to beat Diribe Welteji of Ethiopia by almost a second. Faith Kipyegon pushes pace and pulls away to defend 1,500-meter title at world ...
Faith Kipyegon after setting a new world record for the women's 1,500m at the Paris 2024 Diamond League meet on July 7, 2024. - Aurelien Meunier/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images.
Nataliya Tobias was disqualified for doping in 2012 after further analysis of a sample of hers from the Daegu Championships. [3] Olesya Syreva , Anzhela Shevchenko and Natallia Kareiva have later had their results disqualified after they were found to be doping based on abnormalities in their biological passport profiles.
Olympic middle-distance champions Faith Kipyegon and Emmanuel Wanyonyi won their races in the Diamond League Final on Saturday on a good night for Kenya. Kipyegon, unbeaten in the women's 1,500 ...