Winfred Mutile Yavi gained her first international experience at the 2017 World Championships in London , where she finished eighth in the final with 9: 22.67 minutes . The following year she won the bronze medal at the U20 World Championships in Tampere in 9: 23.47 min. At the end of August she won the Asian Games in Jakarta in 9: 36.52 minutes ahead of the Indian Sudha Singh . Shortly afterwards she was third in the Athletics Continental Cup in Ostrava in 9: 17.86 min. In 2019 she took part in the 2019 World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus and could not finish her race there. At the Arab Championships in Cairo , she won over 5000 meters as well as in the obstacle course. At the subsequent Asian Championships in Doha , she also won the 5000 meter run in 15: 28.87 minutes and over the obstacles in 9: 46.18 minutes. In addition, she won the bronze medal in the 1500 meter run in 4: 16.18 minutes behind the Indian PU Chitra and her compatriot Tigist Gashaw . At the World Championships in Doha she made it to the finals , where she finished fourth with a new personal best of 9: 05.68 minutes. Then she won the military world games in Wuhan in 9: 19.24 minutes in the obstacle course and won the silver medal behind the Namibian Helalia Johannes over 5000 meters in 15: 15.93 minutes .