PARIS : Kenya's Beatrice Chebet won the gold medal in the women's Olympic 5,000 metres on Monday. Kenyan Faith Kipyegon took silver and the Netherlands' Sifan Hassan claimed bronze.

She later won a gold with team USA in the women ... a star long-distance runner for the Crimson, failed to medal despite reaching the finals of the 5000-meter race. Blanks placed ninth in ...

She won Olympic K1 gold in 1980 and the K2 and K4 golds in 1988, took a three-year hiatus ... Thompson's gold medals came in ...

Some of these current record-holders competing in Paris this year and ... total gold medal - in the 1,500-meters. She won another by holding off Ariarne Titmus to win the 800-meter freestyle.