Paris Olympics: Kenya’s hope for a maiden medal dashed as Gathimba flops in Paris
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Reading Time: 1min | Thu. 01.08.24. | 10:40
Gathimba timed 1:21:22 in twenty-second place, and Ecuador’s Brian Pintado won the men’s 20km, earning the first gold medal at the games
Kenya's hope of bagging a maiden medal at the ongoing Olympic Games suffered a major blow on Wednesday morning after African 20km walking race champion Samuel Gathimba finished in the 22nd position in the men’s 20km race walk.
Gathimba timed 1:21:22 in twenty-second place. Ecuador’s Brian Pintado won the men’s 20km, earning the first gold medal at the games.
The 29-year-old clocked 1:18:55 to earn his country’s first Olympic gold medal in athletics since 1996.
Brazil’s Caio Bonfim took silver in 1:19:09 and world champion Alvaro Martin earned bronze in 1:19:11
What a great improvement from the Walk Race African Games Champion Samuel Gathimba!
— TeamKenya (@OlympicsKe) August 1, 2024
He’s kept pushing on through out the race.
The Kenyan fighting spirit- Let’s gooooo!🇰🇪#TeamKenya#HesabikaNaMabingwa pic.twitter.com/anpZnXFqMg
Ethiopia’s Wakuma Misgana was the highest-ranking African, clocking 1; 19:31, a new national record to finish sixth.
Gathimba is the immediate former African Games champion, having clocked 1:22:48 to win the title the last time around in Rabat, Morocco.
20km men's walk race results
1 | 29 | ECU | Brian Daniel PINTADO | 1:18:55|
2 | 15 | BRA | Caio BONFIM | 1:19:09|
3 | 33 | ESP | Álvaro MARTÍN | 1:19:11|
4 | 55 | ITA | Massimo STANO | 1:19:12|
5 | 18 | CAN | Evan DUNFEE | 1:19:16|
6 | 35 | ETH | Wakuma MISGANA | 1:19:31 NR |
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