In the early morning of August 7, Beijing time, the Olympic track and field competition continued, the women's 3000m steeplechase final was staged, the competition showed a very high level, the top four all set new Olympic records, and Bahrain's naturalized star Yavi successfully won gold in the last 15 meters.
The women's 3000m steeplechase final was highly competitive, with defending champion Ugandan star Chemtai, world champion Bahrain naturalized fierce Yavi, Kenya's Cherotik, host country's Finot, and three Ethiopian athletes all super strong.
The competition was fierce, with the first half of the race forming the first group, with Chemtaj in the lead, but Yavi and Cherotik were close behind, and the gap was very small. Heading into the final straight sprint, Yavey, who had been in second place, began to push her hand and completed a comeback to Chelmtaj in the final 15 metres to win the title.
Yavi celebrated the victory, the Bahrain athlete completed the World Championships and Olympic Grand Slam, and was the first gold medal of the Asian athlete in the track event of the Games, while the silver medal Chemtaj was a little lonely and the bronze medal was won by Kenya's Cherotik.
It is worth mentioning that the top four results in this competition all surpassed the previous Olympic record, which was 8:58:81 set by Russia's Galkina at the Beijing Olympics. Yavi improved his Olympic record by 6 seconds by 8:52.76, while Chemtaj also set a new personal and national best of 8:53.34 for second place and 8:55.15 for bronze medallist. Ten of the 15 players in this final set new personal bests or personal season bests, which shows the high standard of this final.