Olympian Lamecha Girma anticipated a special end result from the 3000 meter males’s steeplechase closing on the 2024 Paris Olympics, after falling laborious on the observe.

The 23-year-old was having race as he ran attempting to succeed in second place, however was minimize brief when his proper leg received caught in his final lap leaping over a barrier on the course. This incident led the runner to land together with his again on the bottom and to be taken on a stretcher, which resulted in Team USA’s Kenneth Rooks to take residence silver.

The Ethiopian runner’s fall was fairly nasty that he was immobile and unconcious for a few minutes,  the International Olympic Committee said, per The Guardian. Following his fall within the 3,000m steeplechase, Lamecha Girma acquired quick care from the on-site medical groups… “Our thoughts are with him and we are sending him our very best wishes for a swift recovery. Paris 2024 is in close contact with the Ethiopian NOC to stay updated on his condition.”

In a publish shared by the Elite Running Team on Instagram, it was up to date that “after a full medical examination during the night, it has been confirmed that @lamechagirmaa doesn’t suffer from any major head injury. He will undergo futher scans to check his leg before being allowed to leave the hospital.”

The IOC then chimed in on the matter to share to The Guardian that he was already therapeutic, “we understand he is in good shape and he is OK, he is recovering.”

Aside from this unlucky incident, Lamecha holds a silver medallion from the 2021 Tokyo video games and the world report within the sport. In an interview with Citius Mag, in line with SportsKeeda, he shared the victorious win noting to the outlet, “I was telling the journalists there that I would break the record so I had to be thinking about breaking the record all day. In a way, that added some pressure. But because I said it aloud I knew I must do it. Then, when I broke it I was of course happy but also relieved. Because I had been talking about it so much it was like a weight had been lifted.”