KEnyan athlete Faith Kipyegon finished second in the women’s Olympic 5,000 meters on Monday but was subsequently disqualified – a decision her country plans to contest.
Paris Olympic organizers said in a Press release that Kipyegon “was disqualified for obstruction following an incident between her and Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia with two laps to go.” Video footage from the competition showed that the two athletes collided during the race.
Olympic organizers said Team Kenya will appeal the decision, and Team Kenya posted in X about the disqualification, saying: “An appeal is filed”.
Beatrice Chebet, also from Kenya, won the gold medal in Monday’s race with a time of 14 minutes and 28.56 seconds. Chebet, 24, and Kipyegon, 30, we hug and celebrate after the race. But then Kipyegon’s name disappeared from the results list, and the list later indicated that she had been disqualified from the competition.
Kipyegon’s disqualification meant Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands won silver, and Nadia Battocletti of Italy won bronze.
Kipyegon won previously the gold of the 1,500 meters in Rio and Tokyo.
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