Olympics-Athletics-Bahrain's Yavi wins 3,000m steeplechase gold


Paris 2024 Olympics - Athletics - Women's 3000m Steeplechase Final - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France - August 06, 2024. Winfred Yavi of Bahrain celebrates after winning gold REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel

PARIS (Reuters) - Bahrain's Winfred Yavi won the women's Olympic 3,000 metres steeplechase gold medal on Tuesday.

Uganda's Peruth Chemutai took silver and Kenya's Faith Cherotich claimed bronze.

(Reporting by Helen Reid, editing by Ed Osmond)

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