Olympic Champion Peruth Chemutai is pictured above at the start of the steeplechase
event at the Zurich Diamond League meeting (7th in 9:20.16). However, at the Tokyo
Games, on 4th August, she won the event with a National Uganda record and became
the first Ugandan woman ever to win an Olympic medal.
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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