- Africa’s first athletics gold at the Tokyo Olympics was won by Barega as he won the men’s 10,000m
Ethiopia’s Selemon Barega won the first athletics gold of the Tokyo Olympics while in the pool there was a gold and a world record for South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmaker.
A quick finish from Barega saw him finish ahead of Uganda’s world record hold Joshua Cheptegei, who claimed the silver
Earlier in the athletics Ivory Coast’s Marie-Josee Ta Lou equalling the African 100m record as she qualified for Saturday’s semi-finals.
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Africa’s first athletics gold at the Tokyo Olympics was won by Barega.
Twenty-one-year-old Barega, whose winning time was over a minute and a half slower than Cheptegei’s world record, now joins a prestigious list of Ethiopian runners to win Olympic gold in the 10,000m, notably Kenenisa Bekele and Haile Gebrselassie.
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