Triple Olympic women's 1,500m champion Faith Kipyegon has refuted claims that she was disappointed to win silver in the Olympics 5,000m race.
Speaking on Citizen TV, Kipyegon said she did not think she would be disqualified but after it was announced she was disappointed.
She said this was because she did not know what wrong she had done and at that time, a lot was going on in her mind.
"I didn't think I'd be disqualified. I was not disappointed for getting the silver medal. I was disappointed for being disqualified without knowing what wrong I did. That 5,000m race got a lot into my mind," Kipyegon said.
The Olympic record holder, however, said that she was grateful for the team that appealed successfully.
She said the appeal rejuvenated her and that is when she knew that she had to go for gold in the 1,500m race.
"I thank the team and I am very grateful for those who appealed and were successful it really re-energised my strength to know that with the silver we now have to go for the gold."
During the games, Kipyegon fell a few seconds short of a Gold medal after she came in second to win a Silver, in the 5,000m race.
Kenyan Beatrice Chebet won the race.
The silver, however, did not come short of controversy after she was initially disqualified for shoving Ethiopian athlete Tsegay Gudaf.
Kipyegon was disqualified under Rule TR17.2.2 (163.2 (b)) on jostling or obstruction (O/S).
The law suggests that any athlete who jostles, pushes or obstructs another athlete during a race could be disqualified by the applicable Referee on the report of an umpire.
Team Kenya appealed the decision to disqualify her and was reinstated.
