Women’s 1,500m: Abeba Aregawi finishes 5th, Maryam Jamal wins bronze

London, UK – Abeba Aregawi of Ethiopia finished fifth in the women’s 1,500m here today.

Asli Cakir Alpetkin of Turkey won the gold medal in 4:10.23, followed by her Turkish compatriot Bulut, while Ethiopian-born Maryam Jamal won bronze for Bahrain.

Aregawi looked good for a silver but her legs just went in the last 20m or so.

Final Result:

1

 CAKIR ALPTEKIN Asli (Turkey)

4:10.23

2

 BULUT Gamze (Turkey)

4:10.40

3

 JAMAL Maryam Yusuf (Ethiopia/Bahrain)

4:10.74

4

 TOMASHOVA Tatyana (Russia)

4:10.90

5

 AREGAWI Abeba (Ethiopia)

4:11.03