Simpson had competed in the past three Olympic Games with, until Tuesday, no hardware to show for it. She remained in the pack for much of the opening laps of the race, an uncharacteristically slow start that broke into a sprint with two laps remaining.
Ahead of Simpson, Faith Kipyegon of Kenya and Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia were staging a full-out duel that Kipyegon would go on to win decisively. Indeed, Dibaba faded so badly after Kipyegon passed her that Simpson nearly caught her for silver. In the end, Simpson finished in 4:10.53.
Simpson’s Team USA teammate Shannon Rowbury finished in fourth, just off the medal stand but a step up from her sixth-place finish in London.
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