The world of sport was shocked this Wednesday during the outcome of the final of the 3000 meters with obstacles of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games: the ethiopian Lamecha Girmathe owner of the world record of the test, was unconscious on the track after suffering a brutal fall on the penultimate jump, when he tripped over the barrier he had to jump.
With the seven and a half lap race almost over, Girma was launching into his sprint, overtaking rivals until he was in second place behind the leader at that time, the American Kenneth Rooks. He did not measure the jump well, hit his right knee and fell apart in the air until he hit the back of his head on the track.
Girma, silver medalist in Tokyo 2020 and three-time world runner-up (2019, 2022 and 2023), was in the group of leaders at the time of the accident, which even forced several of his rivals to jump him in the middle of the track. The medical services quickly came to help the Ethiopian, they placed a neck brace on him to immobilize the area of the blow and he retired on a stretcher to the changing rooms of the Stade de France, who was in shock.
At the moment, there were no updates on his health status.
It was the Moroccan Soufiane El Bakkali, 28, who retained the Olympic gold and confirmed that he is the king of the distance. The runner from Fez remained on the lookout for the Ethiopian trio (Samuel Firewu, Getnet Wale and Girma), who set the pace for much of the race.
In the last lap, and with Girma – owner of the world record with 7:52.11 since June 2023 – knocked out, the Moroccan imposed his law in the final 100 meters and crossed the finish line with a time of 8:06.05, his best time of the season.
He was accompanied on the podium by the American Kenneth Rooks (8:06.41), silver, and the Kenyan Abraham Kibiwot, (8:06.47), bronze. For both of them it was his first Olympic medal.
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