Eugene. The Kenyan Beatrice Chebet set the world report for the ten,000 meters this Saturday with a time of 28 minutes and 54.14 seconds on the Prefontaine Basic athletics assembly of the Diamond League in Eugene (Oregon, United States).
Chebet, a double world medalist within the 5,000, surpassed the earlier finest mark set by Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey, who ran in 29:01.03 in June 2021 in Hengelo (Netherlands).
On the identical monitor on the Hayward Subject stadium in Eugene, Chebet had received the silver medal within the 5,000 on the 2022 World Cup. Final yr he received bronze in the identical distance in Budapest
The 24-year-old Kenyan additionally has two world gold medals from the Cross Nation Championships.
With this victory, Chebet is rising as one of many favorites to win the Paris Olympic Video games (July 26 – August 11), for which she confirmed her place on Saturday.
Below a cloudy sky and ideal situations for this self-discipline (round 13 levels, gentle wind), Chebet loved the encouragement of the enthusiastic public of Eugene, a city of lower than 200 thousand inhabitants thought-about the capital of athletics in america.
Three runners set the tempo till about midway via the race whereas one other remained within the wake of the present world champion, Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay, till there have been three laps left to go.
The race was shaping as much as be an incredible alternative for Tsegay to interrupt the world report, however Chebet was capable of preserve the tempo earlier than taking off on the proper time and turning into the primary lady to interrupt below 29 minutes within the 10,000.
Tsegay crossed the end line in 29:05.92, the third quickest time within the historical past of the self-discipline.
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– 2024-06-03 05:37:24
