Ethiopia's Lamecha Girma left Wednesday's men's 3,000-meter Olympic steeplechase final on a stretcher after falling and hitting the back of his head on the final lap. The nature of Girma's injury ...

A world-record holder in the event and a silver medalist at the Tokyo Olympics, Girma was in the middle of a crowded pack as runners started the last of 7.5 laps. Girma started to pull away from ...

Lamecha Girma Olympics Injury During the men's 3000-meter steeplechase final Wednesday at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Girma went down with an injury that resulted in medical personnel needing to ...

Kenneth Rooks was not considered a frontrunner in the men's 3000m steeplechase on Wednesday, with bigger names in the sport thought to be favorites for the medal, such as defending Olympic gold ...

Girma owns the world record in the steeplechase —7:52.11, which he set last June—and was, along with El Bakkali, one of the pre-race favorites to win.

Girma, the reigning Olympic silver medalist, didn't finish the race. He was stretchered off following the race, according to the NBC broadcast, and may have lost consciousness.

Girma es uno de los grandes fondistas a nivel mundial y, de hecho, tiene el récord mundial de la distancia desde el año pasado con 7:52.11 y el de 3.000m lisos en pista cubierta con 7:23.81, los ...

Ethiopia's Lamecha Girma hit his head on the track after tripping over a hurdle in the 3,000-meter men's steeplechase final. (BEN Stansall/AFP via Getty Images) ...

Girma, the reigning Olympic silver medalist, didn't finish the race. He was stretchered off following the race, according to the NBC broadcast, and may have lost consciousness.