After passing American Courtney Frerichs on the backstretch of the last lap, Peruth Gemutai was golden Tokyo2020
, the U.S. champion and 2016 bronze medalist, struggled once Frerichs pushed the pace. She tripped on a hurdle in the last lap, and was initially listed as finishing 14th in 9:41.50. She was later disqualified for stepping on or inside the rail lining the track.
“This is an absolute dream come true,” Frerichs said. “I grew up doing gymnastics as a kid and always watching the Olympic Games, hoping one day that I would be there. Now to have a medal, it’s just more than I can ask for.”After a slow opening, Frerichs took the lead with four laps to go. Within a lap, what had been a tightly bunched pack was spread out, with only five women in Frerich’s slipstream. Reaching 2,000 meters in 6:05.
“I was prepared to have to take it early and make it a hard race,” Frerichs said. “It’s really difficult to put yourself out there like that, and I definitely had some fear to overcome, but I knew I’d walk away with no regrets if I really laid it all out there.” Frerichs briefly looked to have broken Chemutai, but the Ugandan had measured her effort perfectly. She slowly reeled in Frerichs, moved alongside with less than 300 meters to go, and then broke Frerichs for good entering the final water jump, with about 150 meters to go.
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