Athlete Beatrice Chebet smashes world document in Barcelona

Athlete Beatrice Chebet smashes world document in Barcelona

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Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet topped a golden yr as she smashed the ladies’s 5,000m world document on the Cursa dels Nassos highway race in Barcelona.

The 24-year-old Kenyan completed the race in 13 minutes and 54 seconds to turn out to be the primary girl to interrupt the 14-minute barrier within the occasion.

Chebet, who received 5,000m and 10,000m gold on the Paris Olympics earlier this yr, beat her earlier mark – set a yr in the past to the day in the identical race – by 19 seconds.

“I’m super happy as everything went according to plan,” she mentioned. “I felt able to operating underneath 14 minutes and I managed to take action. Two races in Barcelona and two world information, can I ask for extra?

“My focus for next year is to win gold medals over 5,000m and 10,000m at the World Championships in Tokyo.”

Chebet was all on her personal as she sprinted via the race and embraced buddies on the end line after including yet one more accolade to her title.

Alongside her Olympic success in 2024, she additionally broke the ten,000m world document in Eugene in May, earlier than claiming her second Diamond League title within the 5,000m in September.

The fete comes simply weeks after Ruth smashed the world document for the ladies’s marathon after clocking 2: 09: 56 to turn out to be the primary girl in historical past to interrupt 2:10 and safe her place in historical past as the primary to win the Chicago Marathon three consecutive instances.