NAIROBI, Kenya, August 5 – Mary Moraa added to Kenya’s medal tally at the Paris Olympics when she finished third in the women’s 800m on Monday night.
The world champion clocked 1:57.42 to bag bronze as Great Briton Keely Hodgkinson clocked 1:56.72 to grab gold, having led from gun to tape.
Ethiopia’s Tsige Duguma clocked a personal best of 1:57.15 to come second and win silver.
Moraa’s bronze was a huge improvement to her last time at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 where she failed to sail past the semi-finals.
She was bidding to become the first Kenyan with the Olympic title for the one-lap race since Pamela Jelimo at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
