Selemon Barega of Ethiopia won the men's 10,000-meter event on Friday to claim the first athletics gold of the Tokyo Olympics.The Olympic debutant put on a huge last-lap kick to break the race open and was able to hold on to finish in 27 minutes, 43.22 seconds, less than one second ahead of a pair of Ugandans, silver medalist Joshua Cheptegei and bronze medalist Jacob Kiplimo.It is Ethiopia's sixth gold medal in the event's history, taking it one closer to record holder Finland which has seven titles.For Japan, Akira Aizawa ran a season's best of 28:18.37 to finish 17th and Tatsuhiko Ito cr…READ FULL ARTICLE
