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Winfred Mutile Yavi OLY [citation needed] (Arabic: وينفريد يافي, born 31 December 1999) [1] is a Kenyan-born Bahraini female athlete who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. Currently the second fastest athlete in history at the distance with a personal best of 8:44.39, she won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics ...
After the four formed a break a lap into the race, Yavi, on the front of the second group, bridged the small gap to tag onto the back of the pack. Chepkoech took over the lead for the next three laps, when Chemutai moved up again. Almayew moved up to her shoulder. Yavi moved up around a struggling Cherotich to stay in contact.
Decathlon record holder Dmitriy Karpov is a World Championship and Olympic medallist. Asian records in athletics are the best marks set in an event by an athlete who competes for a member nation of the Asian Athletics Association .
It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and it is also an event recognized by World Athletics. [1] The obstacles for men are 36 inches (91.4 cm) high, and for women, they are 30 inches (76.2 cm) high.
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase event if all athletes meet the entry standard or qualify by ranking during the qualifying period. (The limit of 3 has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress.) The qualifying standard is 9:30.00.
Winfred Yavi The 3000 metres steeplechase has been held as an event at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in the men's division since 1983 and in the women's division since 2005. It can be noted for a series of lengthy winning streaks in the men's division, where Kenyan born athletes have won every championship between 1991 and 2019.
The programme of the 2024 Summer Olympics featured 329 events in 32 sports, including the 28 "core" Olympic sports contested in 2016 and 2020, [1] and four optional sports that were proposed by the Paris Organising Committee: breaking made its Olympic debut as an optional sport, while skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing returned from 2020.
The women's steeplechase became an Olympic event in 2008 where Kenyan-born women began to dominate, too. Ruth Jebet took Olympic gold at 2016 Rio and Hyvin Jepkemoi captured the silver medal. At the 2008 Olympics Kenya won silver and followed with a bronze medal performance in 2012. Kenyan-born women had established record times, too.