Summer Olympics: Former Stanford star Grant Fisher reaches podium after electric finish in men’s 10,000

In one of the most electric finishes of the Paris Olympics, former Stanford runner Grant Fisher became the second American in 56 years to medal in the men’s 10,000-meter track event.

Fisher passed nearly everybody on the home stretch to finish the 6.2-mile race in 26:43.46, a nose hair behind Ethiopia’s Berihu Aregawi (26:43.44) and a fraction of a second behind Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei (26:43.14), the world-record holder who set a new Olympic record on Friday.

Fisher, 27, nearly...