She fared much better though than Birhane Dibaba and Zeinaba Yimer who both dropped out and she was the only one of six Ethiopians to finish a marathon in Japan. Stocks were mixed ahead of Friday's market open as traders look to cap off what's been a strong week for markets. The New York company saw a massive surge of spending on its proprietary cards in the quarter, up 30% from a year ago, a surge that the company attributed to higher travel and entertainment spending. World record-holders Letesenbet Gidey and Gudaf Tsegay are among the 34 athletes named on Ethiopias team for the Tokyo Olympic Games. In numerous Olympic and World Championship races they have been the fastest finishers in most global endurance races. And also I will say that if I keep it to the last sprint, I might even lose it. As a result, he knew that his best strategy to win tonight was to hope the race came down to a kick and thats exactly what happened, as eight guys were still together at the bell. 2022 Athletics Weekly. 3000m steeplechaser Avinash Sable has ignited faint hopes of Indias first medal in a distance-running event after reaching the World Athletics Championships final for the second time in his career. TOKYO (AP) Selemon Barega won the first track and field gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday and claimed the 10,000-meter title back for Ethiopia after nearly a decade of dominance by Mo Farah. Unrelenting high-tempo music, screeching cicadas and the odd cry of encouragement provided the soundtrack at the sparsely populated arena. It feels particularly farcical in the face of how the films sole Black characters are treated, Clarisse Loughrey wrote. American Juvaughn Harrison got his bid to become the first athlete to win medals in the men's high jump and long jump at the same Games since 1912 off to a good start by advancing from the high jump qualification round. Barega broke clear on the last lap and won in 27 minutes, 43.22 seconds, upsetting world champion and world-record holder Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda, who took the silver medal in 27:43.63. His time was 27:42.69.
Kipruto and teammate Weldon Langat continued to lead the chase pack and kept Kissa in their sights. Ill say hopefully I dont let you down in the 5,000, Fisher said. The team also includes world indoor 1500m champion Samuel Tefera and world silver medallists Selemon Barega and Yomif Kejelcha. Womens 3000m steeplechase Sign up for a weekly curated briefing of the most important strategic affairs stories from across the world. Barega had no major titles in the 10,000 before Friday, although he does have a world championship silver medal in the 5,000. Mens Olympic 10,000 Official Discussion Thread Haile owned the 90s, Bekele the 00s, Farah the 10s. For almost two decades, Ethiopia dominated the 25-lap event; from 1993 to 2011, the country won 13 of the 14 gold medals on offer in the mens 10,000 meters, thanks largely to the heroics of Haile Gebrselassie and Kenenisa Bekele. 2016: Almaz Ayana (10,000m). Kiplimo had the fastest time in the world this year and was expected to follow Cheptegei home. Selemon Barega, of Ethiopia, celebrates after winning the men's 10,000-meter run at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Prior to tonight, Uganda had never won an Olympic distance medal on the track (Stephen Kiprotich took marathon gold in 2012, John Akii-Bua won 400m hurdle gold in 1972) so Cheptegei and Kiplimo made history. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader,Pool), Selemon Barega, of Ethiopia, celebrates after winning the men's 10,000-meter run at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo. Fraser-Pryce sailed through to the semi-finals in 10.84 seconds, easing up well before the finish line. All Rights Reserved. The 28-minute pace pretty much continued throughout until a blistering last 1000m of 2:25.0 at least made the time slightly more respectable and most of that pace came in a 53.9 last lap. Jupiter should have enormous rings like Saturn, but its four major moons are stopping them from forming, (Bloomberg) -- Representative Lee Zeldin, the Republican nominee for governor of New York, fended off an attempted stabbing at a campaign rally near Rochester on Thursday night. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip), Our goal is to create a safe and engaging place for users to connect over interests and passions. That might sound strange considering that Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei would have easily lapped Viren and Yifter if he had run a similar pace to his world record from 2020 (26:11.00). Brutal humidity meant that the winning time was the slowest in an Olympic final since 1992, but Baregas close was sublime as he ripped the last kilometer in 2:24.9 and last lap in 53.94 (the last 1600 leader to leader was 4:01.46). Fisher was surprised to hear that but after his result tonight, expectations in the 5k may have just gone up. "But then again I've run a couple of meets in the collegiate season where we didn't have spectators allowed so it was kind of the same.". 
Barega though was the class of 2021. Of course, Tokyo did have stifling heat but so did Moscow and as there have been the fastest Olympic heats in history at nearly all the longer track races, fast running was clearly possible. They did so by 3200 meters, which Kissa passed in 8:57, but Kissa surged to gap them again. Not bad for a guy who had never even run a 10k before this year. Kiplimo was over the moon happy with his bronze, calling it something amazing and saying he was so very excited.. The 10-day track and field competition, which got under way in a mostly empty 68,000-capacity Olympic Stadium with spectators barred due to Covid-19 restrictions. "It was very challenging to compete without spectators," said Barega, who draped himself in an Ethiopian flag he had been given before travelling to Japan. Kissa said the pre-race plan was for him to run 2:40 per kilometer (26:40 pace) and for Kiplimo and Cheptegei to follow as a fast race would boost their chances of gold. His last 300m was a fraction slower than Yifters too. Freweyni Hailu Gebreezibiher finished out of the medals but unlike many of her team-mates ran up to expectation finishing a few seconds down on a quality top three of Faith Kipyegon, Laura Muir and Hassan. My plan was just to, you know, see the last three laps the last 2k and try to push, but still, I was not really feeling comfortable with my tendon and I was just saying that maybe I need just consider health [rather] than break myself and [go for it], said Cheptegei. "I don't really worry about it," said the Commonwealth champion. Enter Selemon Barega. This was Ethiopias fifth win in the last seven Games with Mo Farah winning the missing two. TOKYO After a 10-year drought, Ethiopia is back on top of the 10,000-meter world. In order to improve our community experience, we are temporarily suspending article commenting, Jan. 6 committee shows video of Sen. Hawley running down hall of Capitol during siege, N.Y. gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin attacked at campaign event, Trump struggled to tape video condemning rioters in outtakes shown at Jan. 6 hearing, Nolan Neal, Americas Got Talent and The Voice Contestant, Dies at 41, Burns so deep they reach his bones: a 7-year-old boy is in serious condition following Vinnytsia rocket attack, EU drug regulator recommends clearing vaccine for monkeypox, Smoldering Beirut port silo risks total collapse amid fire, Ukraine latest: Russia 'destroys' four US-supplied Himars rocket systems, Stock market news live updates: Stock futures mixed ahead of week's final trading day, Jack White channels The Beatles, Nina Nastasia reveals a harrowing ordeal the weeks best albums, A punk point of view reduced to a dead stare: how Elvis Costello made My Aim Is True, Mali says it has thwarted attack at key garrison town, Trump 2025 Plan Will Gut Govt With Mass Firings, Bring in Jan. 6 Allies if Re-Elected, Axios Reports, Severe drought at USs largest reservoir revealed through the decades by Nasa satellite images, Miami-Dade school board rejects new sex ed textbooks over concerns it violates Dont Say Gay, AmEx 2Q profits fall 14% despite higher cardmember spending, Lex Greensill: the truth about the billion-dollar scandal that engulfed David Cameron, Where the Crawdads Sing review roundup: Critics deliver verdict on Daisy Edgar Joness new film, Sri Lanka president gets long-sought win, steep challenges, Astronomers solve mystery of Jupiters missing rings, GOP Candidate for New York Governor Zeldin Fights Off Stabbing Attack, Sri Lanka Latest: Xi Vows Aid Within Capacity to New President, SKorea to lift ban on NKorea TV, newspapers despite tensions, Europes stock markets on track for worst year since 2008, warns Goldman Sachs - live updates, New US envoy to Australia scolds male reporter: Did you just talk over the woman?. Kissa then slowed, going through the first 1600 in 4:27, but had a 10-second lead on the rest of the field, as no one was interested in following him in the extremely humid conditions (81 degrees at start of 10,000m with 81% humidity, dew point of 73). In Tokyo, though, they started well with a gold medal in the 10,000m and thereafter there were no gold medals and just three minor medals. In the first 1k, I saw, it was really too humid and too hot and I was saying that I need to reserve my energy for the last lap.I realized that, today, we werent gonna run fast because it was really difficult and humid you know, tough.. All rights reserved. In the 21 years since he first raised his head above the cultural parapet in 1999, White has released 17 albums solo or with original duo The White Stripes and side bands The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather.
But Qatar's 400m hurdler Abderrahman Samba said it was "really, really difficult. Of course, times can be misleading and depend on how the race was run but I think the Yifter of 1980 would have probably out-kicked Barega while the Viren of 1972 who ran the last 800m in 1:56 after an earlier fall mid-race would have been in contention for a medal. She then made little effort up to the bell before a half-hearted kick but was blown away in the last 100m by Hassan who took six seconds out of her as she barely walked across the line. Cheptegei and Kiplimo did have some luck as world silver medallist Kejelcha was not at his best covering the last lap in 62.5 when many thought he was capable of 10 seconds faster and Kenyan trials winner Geoffrey Kamworor was a late withdrawal from the race. There was never a point in the race where I just threw in the towel that would just be kind of disrespectful to the athletes you know who were so close to making this team so I felt a lot of motivation to keep pushing just to represent my country the best I can, said Klecker. When Ethiopia originally announced their steeplechase team it was without Getnet Wale and Lamecha Girma.
Discover something new every day from News, Sports, Finance, Entertainment and more! American teenager Athing Mu a gold medal hope in the 800m played down the lack of fans after winning her morning heat. American Express' profits fell 14% in the second quarter, the company said Friday, as higher expenses more than offset record spending on its network by its cardmembers. Six-times Sri Lanka's prime minister, President Ranil Wickremesinghe had long aspired to the pinnacle of power, enduring setback after setback but always managing to recover from seemingly impossible defeats. Barega closed in 53.94 to take the victory, timing his kick perfectly and validating his decision to run the 100,00 this year after his silver in the 5,000 at Worlds in 2019. Talk about the day 1 action on the world-famous LetsRun.com fan forum/messageboard. On the evening of May 27 1977, Declan Patrick MacManus made his first public appearance under the name Elvis Costello. "Ive been having some challenges mentally, some challenges injury-wise. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek), Selemon Barega, of Ethiopia, celebrates after winning the men's 10,000-meters final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo. Womens 5000m Barega was no longer interested in Kissas game and was content to drop back into the main pack and then surprisingly let most of the pack get ahead of him as the pace was still slow. Quick Take: The world record holder Joshau Cheptegei made history for Uganda tonight but. In next years World Championships, I would expect Ethiopia to win a lot more medals than they managed in Tokyo with the less humid conditions of Oregon proving more favourable to them and with plenty of quality athletes improving in their early 20s. The Malian army said it had thwarted a "terrorist" attack on Friday at a town on the outskirts of the capital where a key base used by the ruling military is located. Milkesa Menghesa made the final as a fastest loser but was only 10th as Ethiopia finished outside the medals for the first time since 1996.
Ethiopian distance runner Letesenbet Gidey ( AFP / Getty Images). Wow what was that? It was also a change of fortune for Barega, who said he had become deeply discouraged in recent months after spending a lot of the buildup to the Olympics training on his own because of the coronavirus pandemic. Despite a budget of just 2,000, the debut album on which they would soon emerge would be the first instalment from o.
A 9:02.52 Ethiopian record in the Doha Diamond League in may while still a teenager suggests she is a definite global medal prospect for the future. Since Billy Mills won 10k gold in Tokyo in 1964, just three Americans have finished in the top five in this event: Frank Shorter in 1972, Galen Rupp in 2012 and 2016, and now Fisher. Most Read from BloombergAmericans Who Cant Afford Homes Are Moving to Europe InsteadMusk Lieutenant Scrutinized in Internal Tesla Purchasing ProbeThese Are the Worlds Most (and Least) Powerful Passports in 2022Biden Contracts Covid as Pandemic Shows Its Staying PowerChinas Top Chipmaker Achieves Breakthrough Despite U, (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lankas new President Ranil Wickremesinghe called in the military to maintain public order and troops began dismantling a key protest site near the presidential office early Friday, leading to tense scenes with demonstrators. The European Union drug regulator said its recommendation was based on animal studies that suggest the vaccine protects non-human primates from monkeypox. One is that Im very happy to have won an Olympic silver medal today, and I would say that this is really special for me, as, as a world record holder and as world champion, but the other side of me is really you know not satisfied. It was a similar tale for Britain's Dina Asher-Smith, world 200m champion and silver medallist in the 100m in Doha in 2019, and Ivory Coast's Marie-Josee Ta Lou, the latter in an African record 10.78sec. Summary While winning in Doha with a good long drive, Cheptegei been outclassed in the Diamond League 5000m at Florence and in Tokyo he decided with team-mate Kiplimo that they did not need a really fast pace to put the Ethiopians Barega and Yomif Kelelcha under pressure. Barega is also planning to run in the 5,000. Baregas last-lap burst was good enough as he moved out in front with about 300 meters to go and held off the late charge by the two Ugandans, who were expected to go 1-2 in the first track final of the Tokyo Games. However, despite a 59.4 last lap she was no match for Sifan Hassans 57.1 final or indeed Hellen Obiris 58.9. Armand Duplantis aside, there is a feast of talent on show at a World Athletics Championships postponed a year amid the Covid-19 pandemic. "I was able to take a flag from home that meant a lot to me. It is up to the EU's executive arm, the European Commission, to formally approve the vaccine based on the EMA's recommendation. The latest running news, sent to your inbox weekly. Mens 3000m steeplechase They did seemingly sacrifice an athlete in Stephen Kissa, who ran out alone in front for much of a mediocre first half of 14:08.56, but it was at that pace he was never going to cause any problems to the Ethiopians.
The latest running news, sent to your inbox weekly or when urgent news breaks. Double world 200m champion The European Medicines Agency said Friday that the smallpox vaccine made by Bavarian Nordic should also be authorized against monkeypox, as the outbreak of the once-rare disease continues to sicken people across the continent.
Canadian Moh Ahmed took the lead with 650 meters to run and ripped a 60.47 penultimate lap, and eight men were in contention for three medals at the bell: all three Ethiopians (Barega, Yomif Kejelcha, Berihu Aregawi), the two remaining Ugandans, Ahmed, Kwemoi, and Fisher. Americans Woody Kincaid and Joe Klecker also spoke of the difficulty of running in such conditions and wound up 15th and 16th, respectively. Barega, 21, ran a superb tactical race to hold off world champion Joshua Cheptegei and Ugandan compatriot Jacob Kiplimo to win in 27min 43.22sec. However, Moroccan Soufiane El Bakkali, who was third in Doha, had run a 3:31.95 1500m in Monaco and was full of running and eased away in the last 200m which, with a water jump and hurdle, he covered in 28.8. Ethiopia stubbornly left double world champion Muktar Edris out of their team despite following up a modest trials run (13:04.69 in fifth) with a 7:30.96 3000m PB which was far superior form to what he showed prior to winning in Doha. In a policy report to new President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday, South Koreas Unification Ministry said it will gradually open the door for North Korean broadcasts, media and publications to try to boost mutual understanding, restore the Korean national identity and prepare for a future unification. Klecker, who said he came in thinking anything worse than 14th would be disappointing but finished 16th, had similar sentiments. On Friday, he appointed a classmate and ally of Rajapaksa, Dinesh Gunawardena, to be his prime minister and partner in rescuing the country from its predicament. When Gudaf Tsegay broke the world indoor 1500m record in Lievin despite appalling pacemaking and left Laura Muirs British record six seconds in arrears, she looked a favourite for the shorter event in Tokyo and backed that up with world indoor leads at 800m (1:57.52) and 3000m (8:22.65). Most Read from BloombergAmericans Who Cant Afford Homes Are Moving to Europe InsteadMusk Lieutenant Scrutinized in Internal Tesla Purchasing ProbeThese Are the Worlds Most (and Least) Powerful Passports in 2022Biden Contracts Covid as Pandemic Shows I. World 200m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce actually slowed down for almost five seconds and still won her heat easily at 10.84s. Farah won gold at the last two Olympics but isnt running in Tokyo after failing to make the British team.
1992: Derartu Tulu (10,000m) Selemon Barega clinches 10,000m gold (Getty). Womens 800m Posted by Steve Smythe | Aug 26, 2021 | 0. Is Barega now the prohibitive 10k favorite? Still only 21 years old officially, Barega should be a force for years to come. If you are broken down and think you cant get what you want just look at a picture of Ranil Wickremesinghe, said lawmaker Udaya Gammanpila, who supported Wickremesinghes main rival in the presidential vote. No Ethiopian made the final with Teddese Lemi seventh in his semi final in 3:34.81. Bikila is the father of Ethiopian athletics, the man all Ethiopian runners look up to, so for Barega to reclaim the Olympic title for Ethiopia (they won the event every year from 1996-2008 until Mo Farah showed up) and to do it in the same city as Bikila was very special for him. Kipruto did not accelerate much, as the pace for the fifth mile of the race remained around 67 seconds per lap. Mekides Abebe was close to a medal with fourth place in 9:06.16 falling less than a second short. A fire in one of the port's two silos has been smoldering for the past two weeks due to 800 tons of grain inside fermenting in the hot weather. Cheptegei took the lead with less than five laps to run and led the field through 8400 meters in 23:41, setting the stage for a quick final 1600 (4:01.46). What would he say to dad now? Like this article? Subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on social media. The Netherlands' long-distance star Sifan Hassan also advanced in the 5,000m, while Venezuela's triple jump world champion Yulimar Rojas eased into Sunday's final.
But he took a gamble by not running in any international races over the distance since that record-breaking run. I cared about every single person I passed. This year was really a very difficult year for me in terms of racing. Considering the modern advantages of tracks, shoes, kit, training and nutritional knowledge over this time it does appear that distance running has not moved on as much as we think in the last 40-50 years.