21 year old Faith Kipyegon chases Genzebe Dibaba to win the silver medal for Kenya in the
women's 1,500 metres final in Beijing. She finished second to Dibaba in both her heat and
semi-final (as well as the final !).
However, her earlier races were much quicker than the final.
4:02.77 in her heat for example - see both photograph below.
1.
|
Genzebe
|
DIBABA |
ETH |
4:08.09 |
2.
|
Faith Chepngetich |
KIPYEGON |
KEN |
4:08.96 |
| 3. |
Sifan |
HASSAN |
NED |
4:09.34 |
| 4. |
Dawit |
SEYAUM |
ETH |
4:10.26 |
| 5. |
Laura |
MUIR |
GBR |
4:11.48
|
| 6. |
Abeba |
AEGAWI |
SWE |
4:12.16 |
| 7. |
Shannon |
ROWBURY |
USA |
4:12.39 |
| 8. |
Andelika |
CICHOCKA |
POL |
4:13.22 |
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