Chebet: I want to end gold drought for Kenya in women’s 10,000m final
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Beatrice Chebet of Kenya celebrates with her national flag after winning gold in the Women's 5000m Final - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France on August 05, 2024.
On Monday, multiple Olympics and world gold medalist Kipyegon was involved in an altercation with Gudaf in the women’s 5,000m final in Paris. Kipyegon came out worse off in the pull and push between her and Gudaf, leading to the cancelation of the Kenyan athlete’s silver medal.
Afterwards, Kipyegon,30, broke down, was devastated, cut short the media interviews and was escorted away, still draped in the Kenyan flag.
Kenyans will be keenly following the outcome of the final of the women’s 10,000m race from exactly 9.57pm (Kenyan time) in Paris on Friday as world record holder Beatrice Chebet renews rivalry with reigning world champion in the distance, Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia.
There are many sub-plots in the contest, which make for a mouth-watering contest. Top on the list is Chebet’s desire to be the first Kenyan women to win gold over the distance, and the quest for ‘revenge’ against Guday, who is seen in the Kenyan camp as the athlete responsible for the problems that multiple Olympics and world champion Faith Kipyegon faced in the final of women’s 5,000m on Monday in Paris. A teary-eyed Kipyegon left the stadium devastated, and it took an appeal by the Kenyan officials for her silver medal to be reinstated.
