Peruth Chemutai became the first Ugandan woman to win an Olympic medal as she took gold in the women’s 3,000m steeplechase on day 12 of the Tokyo Games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 22-year-old Ugandan set a new national record as she chased down the USA’s Courtney Frerichs, who won silver at the 2017 World Championships, on the final lap and pulled away to win by 20 metres.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Peruth Chemutai became the first Ugandan woman to win an Olympic medal as she took gold in the women’s 3,000m<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG-20210804-WA0133-1.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12567,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/ugandas-chemutai-advances-as-fastest-qualifier-in-womens-3000m-steeplechase\/","url_meta":{"origin":3788,"position":0},"title":"Uganda\u2019s Chemutai Advances as Fastest Qualifier in Women\u2019s 3000m Steeplechase","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"August 4, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"At the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympics, Uganda\u2019s Peruth Chemutai on Sunday finished first in Heat 1 of the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 9:10.51. 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