TOKYO : Sifan Hassan won the 10,000m for a brilliant distance double, Jakob Ingebrigtsen took the 1,500m in style and javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra secured instant national icon status by winning India's first-ever athletics gold on a pulsating final night of Olympic action on Saturday.
That all changed on Sunday when Chopra became only his country's second individual gold medallist after shooter Abhinav Bindra in 2008. Norway's Ingebrigtsen ran a textbook last lap to take the 1,500m in an Olympic record, shouting"easy" as he crossed the line to become the first European winner of the classic race since Spain's Fermin Cacho in Barcelona 1992.
Cheruiyot took silver and Josh Kerr took almost three seconds off his personal best to snatch bronze, Britain's first medal in the event since 1988. They did not have it all their own way but eventually forged ahead to come home almost four seconds clear. There was also huge relief for the U.S. men, who left it to the last event of the programme to bag their first gold on the track - something they have achieved at every Games since 1896.
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