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Olympian Runner Lamecha Girma Leaves Race In Stretcher After Terrible Fall

Olympian Lamecha Girma had hard fall in the 3000 meter men’s steeplechase final.

Image Credit: Corbis via Getty ImagesOlympian Lamecha Girma expected a different outcome from the 3000 meter men’s steeplechase final at the 2024 Paris Olympics, after falling hard on the track. The Ethiopian runner’s fall was pretty nasty that he was motionless and unconcious for a couple of minutes, the International Olympic Committee stated, per The Guardian. In a post shared by the Elite Running Team on Instagram, it was updated that “after a full medical examination during the night, it has been confirmed that @lamechagirmaa doesn’t suffer from any major head injury.

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