Kenya's Chebet wins Olympic women's 5,000m gold
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Paris: Kenya s BeatriceChebetproduced a masterful display of tactical running to win gold in the Olympic women s 5,000m on Monday to end defending cha...
Paris: Kenya's Beatrice Chebet produced a masterful display of tactical running to win gold in the Olympic women's 5,000m on Monday to end defending champion Sifan Hassan's dream of a long-distance treble.
Chebet -- nicknamed "the smiling assassin" -- bided her time before accelerating past compatriot Faith Kipyegon down the home straight to take gold in 14min 28.56sec at the Stade de France.
Kipyegon, the reigning 5,000m world champion, crossed the finish line in second place but was swiftly disqualified for a shove in the closing laps.
That ruling saw Dutchwoman Hassan moved into the silver medal position with a time of 14:30.61 while Italy's Nadia Battocletti took bronze in 14:31.64.
Hassan, 31, had been aiming to become the first woman in history to win 5,000m, 10,000m and marathon gold at the same Olympics, emulating the feat achieved by men's distance running legend Emile Zatopek at the 1952 Helsinki Games.
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