Olympics-Athletics-Lamecha tops 3000m steeplechase heats, to take on Kenyans in finals Reuters01:47

July 30, 20213:31 AM EDT

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Athletics-Ethiopia’s Lamecha tops steeplechase qualifying

Omar Mohammed

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Men's 3000m Steeplechase - Round 1 - OLS - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - July 30, 2021. Lamecha Girma of Ethiopia in action during Heat 1 REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Men's 3000m Steeplechase - Round 1 - OLS - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - July 30, 2021. Carlos Andres San Martin of Colombia, Lamecha Girma of Ethiopia and Ryuji Miura of Japan in action REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel
Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Men's 3000m Steeplechase - Round 1 - OLS - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - July 30, 2021. Lamecha Girma of Ethiopia in action during Heat 1 REUTERS/Hannah Mckay

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Tokyo 2020 Olympics – Athletics – Men’s 3000m Steeplechase – Round 1 – OLS – Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan – July 30, 2021. Carlos Andres San Martin of Colombia, Lamecha Girma of Ethiopia and Ryuji Miura of Japan in action REUTERS/Aleksandra SzmigielRead More

TOKYO, July 30 (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s Lamecha Girma cruised into the final of the Olympic men’s 3,000 metres steeplechase with the fastest time of 8:09.83 on Fridayas he bids to end Kenya’s long-held domination of the event.Reporting by Omar Mohammed; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman and Ed Osmond

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