World champion Beatrice Chebet ended her year on a high by running 14:13* to smash the womenās world 5km record at the Cursa dels Nassos, aĀ World Athletics LabelĀ road race, in Barcelona on Sunday (31).
The Kenyan 23-year-old improved on the previous women-only world record of 14:29 set by Ethiopiaās Senbere Teferi in Herzogenaurach on 12 September 2021, while her performance is also faster than the womenās world record set in a mixed race of 14:19, achieved by Ethiopiaās Ejegayehu Taye at the 2021 Cursa dels Nassos.
Taye finished second behind Chebet on this occasion, clocking 14:21, while Kenyaās Lilian Kasait Rengeruk was third in 14:25 as the top three ā all 5km medallists at the World Athletics Road Running Championships Riga 23 in October ā dipped under the previous women-only world record mark. Uganda’s Joy Cheptoyek was also inside that mark, finishing fourth in 14:27.
Prior to her world 5km title win in Riga, Chebet also claimed the world cross-country crown in Bathurst in February and won world 5000m bronze in Budapest in August.
*Subject to the usual ratification procedure
