Finished 29th at 2013 WCh. Finished 11th at Herculis in 2021 Diamond League. Placed 2nd at 2021 NCh. She attended the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens as her father worked as an FBI security liaison officer, and was inspired to take up athletics after watching Moroccan runner Hicham EL GUERROUJ (MAR) win gold in both the 1500m and 5000m.
Finished 13th at 2019 WCh. Won 2015 Junior NCh, 3rd in 2014. Placed 5th at Stockholm Bauhaus Galan in 2020 Diamond League. She began running at age eight when she was old enough to compete in primary school cross-country and athletics carnivals.
Finished 4th at 2017 Asian Ch. Won Ready Steady Tokyo and Golden Grand Prix on the 2021 World Athletics Continental Tour. In other events - 16th in 5000m at 2020 OG. Finished 14th in 5000m at 2019 WCh. Her mother has competed in marathon races at national level in Japan, while her father Katsutoshi has competed in athletics at club level in Japan. She began the sport at age three.
Gold at 2016 OG, 21st in 2012. Gold at 2017 WCh, silver in 2019 and 2015, 5th in 2013. In 2021 Diamond League events, won at Herculis, 2nd at Golden Gala. Gold at 2014 CWG. Older sister Beatrice Chepkemoi MUTAI has represented Kenya in distance running. She finished fourth in the 10,000m event at the 2018 CWG in Gold Coast, Australia, and won a team silver medal at the 2019 cross-country WCh.
Finished 3rd at Herculis in 2021 Diamond League. Won Golden Spike event on the 2021 World Athletics Continental Tour. In other events - finished 5th at 2018 Junior WCh.
Finished 23rd at 2019 WCh. Placed 14th at 2018 European Ch. Finished 11th at 2016 Indoor WCh. Placed 14th at 2019 Indoor European Ch. Her partner Filip SASINEK has represented the Czech Republic in athletics and competed in the 1500m at the 2019 WCh. In January 2021 she gave birth to a son, Kaapo. She was born in Lapua, Finland and moved to the Czech Republic with her family at age three.
Finished 4th at Irena Szewinska Memorial/Bydgoszcz Cup on the 2021 World Athletics Continental Tour. Bronze at 2017 European U23 Ch. In other events - 4th in 4x800m relay at 2017 World Relays Ch. In early 2021 she missed several weeks of training due to a hamstring injury and contracting Covid-19. Her partner Szymon DOROZYNSKI has competed in athletics at national level in Poland.
Finished 7th at 2019 WCh, 15th in 2017. Gold at 2018 African Ch. Placed 7th at Herculis in 2021 Diamond League. In other events - silver in 800m at 2006 Junior WCh, 2005 Youth WCh. Trains under coach Bernard OUMA. 'My brother introduced to me to coach OUMA and I started training under him. Later, the coach and his family hosted me for three years at their home. I am so grateful for their help.'
In 2021 Diamond League, 10th at Golden Gala, 3rd at Grand Prix Gateshead. Seventh at USATF Golden Games on the 2021 World Athletics Continental Tour. Placed 11th at 2018 CWG. In other events - 2nd in mile race at British Grand Prix in 2021 Diamond League. She studied geography at the University of Nottingham, Great Britain. She provides online coaching through NeoCoach.
Gold at 2021 U23 European Ch. Finished 11th at Golden Gala in 2021 Diamond League, 5th at Grand Prix Gateshead. In other events - finished 16th at 2021 European Indoor Ch. She was encouraged to get involved in athletics by a teacher at school after her sister also took up the sport.
Finished 25th at 2016 OG. Placed 6th at 2019 WCh, 21st in 2017. Finished 4th at Golden Gala in 2021 Diamond League. Placed 2nd at USATF Golden Games on the 2021 World Athletics Continental Tour. Finished 15th at 2018 CWG. Won NCh four times. Father James ran at four cross-country WCh. Her sister Lucia represented Canada in athletics at Junior WCh, and set an U23 1500m national record in 2020.
Won 2021 NCh, 6th in 2018. Won USATF Golden Games on the 2021 World Athletics Continental Tour. In other events - 11th in 5000m at 2019 WCh. She grew up on a dairy farm in Montgomery, VT, United States of America. Starting at about 05:00 or 06:00, she would milk between 30 and 40 cows before going to school. She is still based in her hometown, which has a population of about 1200.
Finished 31st at 2019 WCh. Placed 18th at 2018 European Ch. Finished 16th at 2012 Junior World Ch. Placed 12th at 2013 European Junior Ch. She always eats jam sandwiches a few hours before she races. She first played tennis before switching to athletics. 'Playing tennis was more of a hobby. I also played tournaments, but at my best the Berlin championships. I just felt like doing athletics.'
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