Gold goes to Bahrain in top-class Olympic final as Peruth Chemutai is denied a second title and Elizabeth Bird breaks British record

Winfred Yavi smashed the Olympic record as she took women’s 3000m steeplechase gold on Tuesday night (August 6). Bahrain’s world champion won the fight for the line with reigning Olympic champion Peruth Chemutai in a time of 8:52.76, edging out the Ugandan’s national record of 8:53.34. Bronze went to the 20-year-old Kenyan Faith Cherotich in a PB of 8:55.15.