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Olympian Lamecha Girma<\/strong> expected a different outcome from the 3000 meter men\u2019s steeplechase final at the 2024 Paris Olympics, after falling hard on the track.<\/span><\/p>\n The 23-year-old was having a good race as he ran trying to reach second place, but was cut short when his right leg got caught in his last lap jumping over a barrier on the course. This incident led the runner to land with his back on the ground and to be taken on a stretcher, which resulted in Team USA\u2019s Kenneth Rooks<\/strong> to take home silver.<\/span><\/p>\n The Ethiopian runner\u2019s fall was pretty nasty that he was motionless and unconcious for a couple of minutes, <\/span>\u00a0the International Olympic Committee stated, per <\/span>The Guardian. <\/a><\/span><\/i>F<\/span>ollowing his fall in the 3,000m steeplechase, Lamecha Girma received immediate care from the on-site medical teams\u2026 \u201cOur 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.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n In a post shared by the Elite Running Team<\/a> on Instagram, it was updated that \u201cafter a full medical examination during the night, it has been confirmed that @lamechagirmaa doesn\u2019t suffer from any major head injury. He will undergo futher scans to check his leg before being allowed to leave the hospital.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The IOC then chimed in on the matter to share to <\/span>The Guardian<\/span><\/i> that he was already healing, \u201cwe understand he is in good shape and he is OK, he is recovering.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Aside from this unfortunate incident, Lamecha<\/span> holds a silver medallion from the 2021 Tokyo games and the world record in the sport. In an interview with <\/span>Citius Mag,<\/span><\/i>\u00a0according to\u00a0SportsKeeda<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>he shared the victorious win noting to the outlet, <\/span>\u201cI 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.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n