Eritrea's Abrar Osman Wins Gold Medal

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At the 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Abrar Osman of Eritrea won the gold medal in the men’s 3,000 meter competition held in Singapore. Finishing at a blazing 8:07.24, Osman took first place, while runner up Fekru Jebesa of Ethiopia, who had been favored to win the event, clinched second with a time of 8:08.53. Coming in very close behind Jebesa was Hicham Sigueni of Morroco, who took third with a time of  8:08. 55. Meanwhile, in the female's 3,000 meter competition, Samrawit Mengisteab of Eritrea manged to win the bronze medal.

Names of Athletes	Nations	Times
Abrar Osman	Eritrea	8:07.24
Fekru Jebesa	Ethiopia	8:08.53
Hicham Sigueni	Morroco	8:08.55
Kazuto Nishiike	Japan	8:08.57
Josphat Kiprop Kiptis	Kenya	8:09.56
Harry Mulenga	Zambia	8:11.26
Mwita Koprio Marwa	Tanzania	8:11.37
Alex Cherop	Uganda	8:13.11
P. Ntawuyirushintege	Rwanda	8:14.59
Ibrahim Abdullah	Saudi Arabia	8:15.23

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