Beatrice Chebet Women's 5000m Gold Medal, Faith Kipyegon & Gudaf Tsegay Fight olympic paris 2024 Kenya's Beatrice Chebet upset the applecart, beating a formidable field to take the Olympic 5,000m gold medal in athletics at Paris 2024. Kipyegon, who finished second, was initially disqualified for obstruction following an incident between her and Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay with two laps to go. Following an appeal, World Athletics confirmed that she had been reinstated as the silver medallist.