Lamecha Girma The Ethiopia Athletes Stretchered Out After Injury.

Lamecha Girmaa miidhaan irra gahe, fiigicha Itiyoophiyaa dorgommii xumuraa steeplechase irratti erga gufatee booda stretcher off.

Fiigicha Itoophiyaa Lamecha Girmaa dorgommii xumuraa meetira 3,000 dhiirotaa irratti Kibxata kaleessaa Istaadidii Firaansiitti dorgommii Olompikii Paaris bara 2024 irratti daandii irraa kaafame.

Dorgommii kanaan Olompikii Tookiyoo irraa meedaaliyaa meetii ittisaa kan argate fiigicha kana keessatti gufuu tokkotti dhiyaachaa osoo jiruu, gufuu sana irratti gufatee lafatti kufee cimaa ta’e.

Meeshaa morma irratti kaa’amee hojjettoota yaalaatiin diriirfame.

Miidhaa Girmaa Kibxata darbe dorgommii meetira 3000 meetira 3000 irratti miidhaan irra gahe waan beekuu qabdan kunooti.

Lamecha Girmaa Olompikii Miidhaa

Yeroo dorgommii xumuraa meetira 3000 dhiirotaa Kibxata darbe Olompikii Paaris bara 2024 irratti.

Girmaan miidhaan irra gahe kan gadi bu’e yoo ta’u, kunis hojjettoonni yaalaa Istaadiyeemii Firaansi irratti daandii irraa isa diriirsuun akka isa barbaachisu taasiseera.

Girmaan gufuu fiigichaa isa dhumaa irra utaalee waan gufate fakkaata, bu’aan isaas jabeessee lafa irratti kufee dugda mataa isaa rukute.

Akka gabaasaaleen hedduun mul’isutti, hojjettoonni fayyaa isa kunuunsuuf waan ba’aniif yeroo muraasaaf lafa ciisee ture. Sana booda meeshaa morma irratti kaa’amee diriirfame.

Lamecha Girmaa Yaalaaf.

Akka Equipe gabaasetti Girmaan of wallaalee, dubbachuu danda’ee madaalliif gara hospitaalaatti geeffame.

Lamecha Girma injury, Ethiopian runner stretchered off after tripping in steeplechase final.

Ethiopian runner Lamecha Girma was stretchered off the track at Stade de France on Wednesday at the 2024 Paris Olympics during the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase final.

As the defending silver medalist in the event from the Tokyo Olympics was approaching a hurdle in the race, he tripped over the hurdle resulting in a hard fall to the ground.

He was placed in a neck brace and stretchered off by medical personnel.

Here’s what to know about Girma’s injury during the men’s 3000-meter steeplechase on Wednesday.

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 stretcher him off the track at Stade de France.

Girma looked to have tripped as he jumped over the last hurdle of the race, resulting in him falling hard on the ground and hitting the back of his head.

According to several reports, he remained lying on the ground for some time as medical personnel came out to tend to him. He was then placed in a neck brace and stretchered off.

Lamecha Girma update

According to Equipe, Girma has regained consciousness, is able to speak and was taken to the hospital for assessment.

Lamecha Girma (born 26 November 2000) is an Ethiopian athlete who specialises in the 3,000 metres steeplechase.

He is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic silver medallist in the event and won silver medals at the 2019, 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Championships.

Lamecha also won a silver in the 3,000 metres at the 2022 World Indoor Championships.

He is the world indoor record holder for the 3,000 metres, which was set in February 2023.

In June 2023 at the Meeting de Paris of the Diamond League, he broke the world record for the men’s 3,000 metres steeplechase.

Early career

At age 18, Lamecha Girma earned the junior bronze medal in the 3,000 m steeplechase at the 2019 African Under-20 Championships.

The same year, he set an Ethiopian national record in his specialist event during the World Athletics Championships in Doha with a time of 8:01.36.

He finished second behind Olympic and world champion from Kenya Conseslus Kipruto who ran 8:01.35; Morocco’s Soufiane El Bakkali came in third in 8:03.76.

Breakthrough and Olympic silver medal

At the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Lamecha won the silver medal with a 8:10.38 clocking.

This time El Bakkali finished first in 8:08.90 while third-placed Benjamin Kigen achieved 8:11.45.

Girma became 2022 World Indoor Championship silver medallist at the 3,000 metres in Belgrade.

He ran 7:41.63 while his compatriot Selemon Barega clocked 7:41.38 for gold, and Marc Scott was third in 7:42.02.

 A few months later in July, at the World Championships held in Eugene, Oregon, Girma had to settle for silver once again in his signature event, finishing behind El Bakkali who ran 8:25.13 and ahead of Kipruto in third in 8:27.92.

World indoor and outdoor records

On 15 February 2023, he smashed the 25-year-old world indoor 3,000 m record at the 2023 Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais in Liévin with a time of 7:23.81, slicing 1.09 seconds off the previous mark held by Daniel Komen since 1998.

On 9 June 2023, Girma broke the world 3,000 m steeplechase record at the Meeting de Paris of the Diamond League with a time of 7:52:11.

which was 1.52 seconds faster than the 19-year-old previous world record of 7:53.63 set by Saif Saaeed Shaheen.

 He was clearly in the lead with two laps to go before speeding up around the final lap, which he ran in about 64 seconds, to cross the finish line with the new fastest time.

After the race, he expressed his happiness and stated that he had planned to beat the world record that night.

Paris Olympics

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, on 7 August, Girma was among the favorites to win gold in the 3000 m steeplechase final, along with Moroccan Soufiane El Bakkali.

However, in the bell lap, on the back straightaway jump, Girma suffered a fall that knocked him unconscious.

Girma was carried off the track in a stretcher, and was hospitalized for treatment.

His coach indicated shortly after the race that the injury was not life threatening, but that Girma would need some time to recover.

Personal life and family.

Born in Bekoji to country side farmers, Girma lives in Sululta with several of his family members. He has seven brothers and two sisters.

Two of his brothers, Diriba Girma and Kuma Girma, are professional runners his oldest brother Fikadu Girma serves as their coach.

By virtue of his steeplechase performance, he was selected to join the Tirunesh Academy starting in 2017.

Following the 2019 World Athletics Championships, Girma moved to Addis Ababa and had to learn Amharic for the first time, only having known Oromo language up to this point.

He trains in a group of five, including himself and his two running brothers.