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A world record holder in the event and a silver medalist at the Tokyo Olympics, Girma was in the middle of a crowded pack as runners started the last of 7.5 laps. Girma started to pull away from ...
World Leading Lamecha Girma (ETH) 7:52.11: Paris, France: 9 June 2023 African Record: Asian Record Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) 7:53.63: Brussels, Belgium: 3 September 2004 North, Central American and Caribbean record Evan Jager (USA) 8:00.45: Paris, France: 4 July 2015 South American Record Wander do Prado Moura (BRA) 8:14.41: Mar del Plata ...
Lamecha Girma (born 26 November 2000) [2] is an Ethiopian athlete who specialises in the 3,000 metres steeplechase.He is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic silver medallist in the event and won silver medals at the 2019, 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Championships.
Ethiopian runner Lamecha Girma was hospitalized after his brutal fall during the men’s 3000m steeplechase final at the 2024 Paris Olympics. “We understand he is in good shape, and he is OK, he ...
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 1 to 4 October 2019. [1]The winning margin was 0.01 seconds which as of 2024 is the only time the men's 3,000 metres steeplechase has been won by less than 0.2 seconds at these championships.
Morocco's Soufiane El Bakkali broke Kenya's stranglehold on the men's 3000m steeplechase. Track and field's longest gold medal streak broken in stunning upset, U.S. now stands alone with record ...
In 2023, Girma set the world record. On all recent podiums with these two had been Kenyans, primarily 2016 champion and Olympic record holder Conseslus Kipruto , who did not return. The Kenyan team sent two new entrants, Amos Serem and Simon Koech , along with 2023 bronze medalist Abraham Kibiwot to try to restore their historical dominance.
The first 3000 m steeplechase world record to be ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) was a run of 8:49.6 minutes by Hungarian Sándor Rozsnyói in 1954. [1] Before standardization, Sweden's Josef Ternström was the first to complete the event in under ten minutes with his time of 9:49.8 minutes in 1914.