Courtney Frerichs pictured above at the start of the steeplechase
event at the Zurich Diamond League where she finished third (9:8.74).
The 29 year old ran a season best to win her Olympic Medal in Tokyo
but just two weeks after The Games set a US record of 8:57.77 in Eugene,
the first US athlete to break the nine minute barrier and only the fourth
women ever to go below nine minutes.
2020 Olympic Games. Tokyo.
Final women's 3000m steeplechase.
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Peruth Chemutai
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Uganda
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9:01.45
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NR
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2.
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Courtney Frerichs
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United States
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9:04.79
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SB
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3.
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Hyvin Kiyeng
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Kenya
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9:05.39
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4.
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Mekides Abebe
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Ethiopia
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9:06.16
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5.
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Gesa Krause
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Germany
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9:14.00
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6.
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Maruša Mišmaš-Zrimšek
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Slovenia
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9:14.84
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NR
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7.
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Beatrice Chepkoech
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Kenya
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9:16.33
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8.
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Zerfe Wondemagegn
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Ethiopia
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9:16.41
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