PARIS (Gray News) – American Grant Fisher won the bronze medal on Friday in the men’s 10,000-meter final at the Paris Olympics.

Fisher earned the first track & field medal for an American at the Olympics this year.

Fisher also became the first American to medal in the men’s 10,000 since 2012 with his time of 26:43.46.

Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei took gold in the event and Berihu Aregawi of Ethiopia took the silver in Friday’s event.

Friday’s field was said to be the fastest ever, with 15 of the 27 qualifiers having run faster than 27 minutes.