Uganda’s Peruth Chemutai outstripped the field to win the women’s Olympic 3000m steeplechase gold on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 22-year-old Ugandan timed 9min 01.45sec at the Olympic Stadium, outsprinting American Courtney Frerichs with 250 metres to go to win comfortably.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Frerichs claimed silver in 9:04.79 with Kenyan Hyvin Kiyeng taking bronze (9:05.39).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Peruth Chemutai becones the first ever Uganda Woman to win gold at the Olympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who is Peruth Chemutai?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Wikipedia, Peruth Chemutai (born July 10, 1999) is a Ugandan steeplechase runner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She has won the gold medal at the 2021 Summer Olympics in the women’s 3000 metres steeplechase race and also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in that event; her time of 9:31.03 in the heats did not qualify her for the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hailing from the Bukwo District, she took up running in 2013 after attending the District Athletics Championships in Bukwo as a casual fan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games in Apia, she won silver medals in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She also competed in the junior women’s race at the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Kampala, finishing in 7th place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2016, she finished in 7th place in the final of the women’s 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships held in Bydgoszcz, Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the 2018 World Junior Championships held in mid-July, she claimed a notable silver medal in the 3000m steeplechase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A week later, at the Monaco diamond league, she set a national record with a time of 9:07.94<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2019, she competed in the senior women’s race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Aarhus, Denmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She finished in 5th place<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Uganda’s Peruth Chemutai outstripped the field to win the women’s Olympic 3000m steeplechase gold on Wednesday. The 22-year-old Ugandan timed 9min 01.45sec at the Olympic Stadium, outsprinting American Courtney Frerichs with 250 metres to go to win comfortably. Frerichs claimed silver in 9:04.79 with Kenyan Hyvin Kiyeng taking bronze (9:05.39). Peruth Chemutai becones the first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":25591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[31,6520,6446],"class_list":["post-25589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-featured","tag-peruth-chemutai","tag-tokyo-olyimpics"],"yoast_head":"\n