At first, it looked like Courtney Frerichs may have miscounted the laps remaining in the women's steeplechase final but it was a conscious and bold push from the front of the race against one of the strongest fields in history and held on for an Olympic silver medal.
Uganda's Peruth Chemutai reeled in Frerichs in the final lap and told with a national record of 9:01.45. Frerichs was three seconds back in 9:04.79.
Kenya's Hiyeng Kiyeng, who entered the Olympics with the fastest time of 2021, finished third in 9:05.39 for bronze.
Chemutai won Uganda's first Olympic medal in this event, which was added to the Games for women in 2008.