Peruth Chemutai has become Uganda’s first female Olympic gold medallist after winning women’s 3,000m steeplechase gold at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
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Congratulations Peruth Chemutai for winning the 3000m steeplechase female title.
She is the first Ugandan woman to win an Olympic Gold. pic.twitter.com/itFMoQruig— FUFA (@OfficialFUFA) August 4, 2021
The 22-year-old won gold in the 3,000m steeplechase with a time on 9:01.45 on Wednesday beating Courtney Frerichs of the U.S. and Kenya’s Hyvin Kiyeng who finished 9:04.79 and 9:05.39 respectively.
Chemutai’s victory is the third Olympic gold won by Uganda in any sport — after John Akii-Bua’s 400m hurdles win in 1972 and Stephen Kiprotich’s victory in the 2012 marathon.
