Athletics: World Records of Letesenbet Gidey and Joshua Cheptegei Officially Ratified
4 years ago

Athletics: World Records of Letesenbet Gidey and Joshua Cheptegei Officially Ratified

News 18  

Ugandan long-distance runner Joshua Cheptegei’s 10,000m world record and the 5,000m record of Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey, which were set earlier this year, have been officially ratified. Gidey’s 5,000m mark of 14:06.62 and Cheptegei’s 10,000m performance of 26:11.00 were both set at the aptly named ‘NN Valencia World Record Day’ on October 7. “I wanted to show the sports lovers of the world that the track is exciting,” said the 24-year-old, who became the 10th man to hold the 5,000m and 10,000m world record concurrently, as per a World Athletics media release. Alluding to the coronavirus pandemic, Cheptegei said, “In this difficult situation, I hope things like this can still give us joy and some hope for tomorrow.” “I have been dreaming about this for six years,” said Gidey, who hadn’t won a 5000m race since 2016.

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Beatrice Chebet: Kenyan runner smashes her own 5,000m women’s world record
1 week ago

Beatrice Chebet: Kenyan runner smashes her own 5,000m women’s world record

CNN  

CNN — As many were getting ready to welcome in the New Year on Tuesday, Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet was busy breaking a world record. The 24-year-old, who won two Olympic gold medals in 2024, capped off her brilliant year by smashing her own women’s 5,000m road world record at the Cursa dels Nassos race in Barcelona, Spain. “Two races in …

Kenya’s Chebet smashes own world record in women’s 5km, becomes first woman to breach 14-minute mark
1 week, 1 day ago

Kenya’s Chebet smashes own world record in women’s 5km, becomes first woman to breach 14-minute mark

The Hindu  

Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet smashed the women’s 5km world record with a time of 13 minutes 54 seconds at the Cursa dels Nassos road race in Barcelona on Tuesday as she finished a blockbuster year on a high. The Kenyan beat her previous record - set a year ago to the day at the Barcelona race - by 19 …

2024 Year in Sports, Athletics: Duplantis dominates, Neeraj-Arshad showdown in Paris Olympics, a slew of world records
2 weeks, 5 days ago

2024 Year in Sports, Athletics: Duplantis dominates, Neeraj-Arshad showdown in Paris Olympics, a slew of world records

The Hindu  

There were records galore from athletics in 2024, both at the national and global level. | Photo Credit: NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon bettered her own world record in the women’s 1500m at the Paris Diamond League meet. Sweden’s Armand Duplantis poses next to a board displaying his new 6,26 meters world record after the men’s pole vault …

Uganda’s Cheptegei wins men’s 10,000m gold at Paris Olympics 2024
5 months, 1 week ago

Uganda’s Cheptegei wins men’s 10,000m gold at Paris Olympics 2024

Al Jazeera  

Cheptegei stormed to the finish line in 26min 43.14 seconds, ahead of Ethiopia’s Berihu Aregawi and USA’s Grant Fisher. Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei withstood surging Ethiopian team tactics to claim gold in the men’s Olympic 10,000-metre at the Stade de France. The world record holder added the Olympic 10,000 metres title to his remarkable haul to take the Games’ first track …

Laura Muir breaks British 1500m best as world records fall at Paris Diamond League
6 months ago

Laura Muir breaks British 1500m best as world records fall at Paris Diamond League

The Independent  

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Sha’Carri Richardson gives her Olympic hopes a jolt with 100m win at Prefontaine Classic
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Sha’Carri Richardson gives her Olympic hopes a jolt with 100m win at Prefontaine Classic

New York Times  

EUGENE, Ore. — The display of power out of the starting block was back. It was a historic day in Eugene as Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet set a new WORLD RECORD in the women’s 10,000m with a time of 28:54.14. Moon cleared 4.53 on her second attempt and then passed on jumping 4.63 — thus opening the door for Grove and …

Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet sets world record in 10,000 meters
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet sets world record in 10,000 meters

Associated Press  

EUGENE, Ore. — Beatrice Chebet of Kenya set a world record in the 10,000 meters at the Prefontaine Classic meet on Saturday, finishing in 28 minutes, 54.14 seconds. “I felt like I was very comfortable.” It was her first 10,000 race since 2020 in Nairobi. “But my target is to run 5,000 first, then 10,000 comes second,” she said. “Because …

Kipyegon, Lyles among six crowned at expanded World Athletics Awards
1 year ago

Kipyegon, Lyles among six crowned at expanded World Athletics Awards

The Hindu  

Six athletes - Faith Kipyegon, Noah Lyles, Armand “Mondo” Duplantis, Tigist Assefa, Kelvin Kiptum, and Yulimar Rojas - were all named World Athletes of the Year on Monday after the awards were expanded into three categories. The 2023 World Athletics Awards have been divided into track, field and out of stadia categories following feedback received during the voting process, the …

Tigst Assefa smashes women’s marathon world record in Berlin
1 year, 3 months ago

Tigst Assefa smashes women’s marathon world record in Berlin

The Hindu  

Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa shattered the women’s marathon world record in Berlin on Sunday, lopping off more than two minutes from the previous best to clock an official time of two hours, 11 minutes, and 53 seconds. Assefa, who had set a course record with a personal best last year, set a blistering early pace, gradually shaking off any competition to …

Tigst Assefa shatters women’s marathon record in Berlin
1 year, 3 months ago

Tigst Assefa shatters women’s marathon record in Berlin

The Independent  

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World Athletics Championships 2023: Gardiner out of world 400m as Van Niekerk sneaks through
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Gardiner out of world 400m as Van Niekerk sneaks through

The Hindu  

Olympic champion Steven Gardiner of the Bahamas failed to make it into the final of the men’s 400m at the World Athletics Championship in Budapest after pulling up injured in his semifinal on Tuesday. South Africa’s world record holder Wayde van Niekerk endured an agonising wait to qualify as one of the two next fastest after missing out on one …

Faith Kipyegon focused on defending her 1,500m world title at World Athletics Championships 2023
1 year, 4 months ago

Faith Kipyegon focused on defending her 1,500m world title at World Athletics Championships 2023

The Hindu  

The first world record, Faith Kipyegon pointed at her time in disbelief. “She’s rewriting what’s possible,” said Nikki Hiltz, who set the American record in the mile on the day Kipyegon broke the world mark. “It helps us all dream bigger.” Turns out, Kipyegon’s first love was soccer growing up on a farm in the Kenyan Rift Valley. “Winning the …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in men’s 10,000m
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in men’s 10,000m

The Hindu  

The World Athletics Championships 2023 will be held in Budapest from August 19 to 27. PB - 26:11.00s Estadio de Atletismo del Turia, Valencia October 7, 2020 SB - Nil Berihu Aregawi FILE PHOTO: Berihu Aregawi of Ethiopia. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Ethiopian racer Berihu Aregawi is a big threat to Cheptegei’s hopes for the third gold at the …

Ingebrigtsen holds off Girma to win 1,500m at Diamond League in Lausanne
1 year, 6 months ago

Ingebrigtsen holds off Girma to win 1,500m at Diamond League in Lausanne

The Hindu  

Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen held off Lamecha Girma in a battle of world record holders to win the much-anticipated men’s 1,500 metres at the Athletissima Diamond League meet on Friday. Berihu Aregawi of Ethiopia set a sizzling pace in the men’s 5,000m and then held off several challenges from Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei - including one final move from the world …

Kipyegon sets 2nd world record in a week with new 5,000-metre mark
1 year, 6 months ago

Kipyegon sets 2nd world record in a week with new 5,000-metre mark

The Hindu  

Faith Kipyegon set a world record in the 5,000 metres on Friday, a week after becoming the fastest woman ever over 1,500 metres. The two-time Olympic and world 1,500-metre champion set the world record in the women's 5,000 in just her third elite race over the distance when she won at the Diamond League meet in Paris in 14 minutes, …

World record holder Kipruto to vie for honours at TCS World 10K Bengaluru on May 21
1 year, 8 months ago

World record holder Kipruto to vie for honours at TCS World 10K Bengaluru on May 21

The Hindu  

Men’s 10K road race world record holder Rhonex Kipruto of Kenya will be among the top stars to run at the 15th edition of the TCS World 10K Bengaluru on May 21. The 23-year-old headlines an exciting field in the USD 210,000 prize fund World Athletics Gold Label event that includes 14 runners with personal best under the course record …

Kenyan sprint star Omanyala hopes to close in on world record
1 year, 9 months ago

Kenyan sprint star Omanyala hopes to close in on world record

The Hindu  

Kenya’s star sprinter Ferdinand Omanyala said Thursday he is targeting a 100-metre time of 9.6 seconds this season in the lead-up to the world athletics championships in Budapest in August. “I intend to achieve the target either in South Africa, at the Kip Keino classic in Nairobi on May 13, or in Budapest, to atone for the disappointment of missing …

Kiptum and Beriso light up Valencia Marathon
2 years, 1 month ago

Kiptum and Beriso light up Valencia Marathon

China Daily  

Kenyan's Kelvin Kiptum celebrates as he wins Valencia's Marathon in Valencia, Spain, December 4, 2022. VALENCIA, Spain - Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum became the third fastest man in history in his first marathon in Valencia on Sunday, while Amane Beriso of Ethiopia became the third woman to run under two hours and 15 minutes. Women’s winner Amane Beriso from Ethiopia celebrates …

Tobi Amusan, Sydney McLaughlin, Armand Duplantis world records deemed official
2 years, 3 months ago

Tobi Amusan, Sydney McLaughlin, Armand Duplantis world records deemed official

The Hindu  

Nigerian runner Tobi Amusan's stunning world record of 12.12 seconds in the women's 100 meter hurdles at the 2022 world championships was officially ratified on Tuesday. Two other records from the same championships that World Athletics have ratified belong to Sydney McLaughlin, who lowered her own mark in the 400 meter hurdles to 50.68 seconds, and Armand Duplantis, who cleared …

World Athletics Championships 2022: Tamirat Tola Takes Marathon Gold With Dominant Show
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2022: Tamirat Tola Takes Marathon Gold With Dominant Show

News 18  

Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola won the World Championship men’s marathon in dominant fashion on Sunday as he forged powerfully clear around 34km to come home more than a minute ahead to take gold in a championship record two hours, 05.37 minutes. Over a minute back in 2:06.44, Mosinet Geremew made it an Ethiopian 1-2 for the second World Championship in a …

World Athletics Championships 2022: Ethiopa’s Tola takes marathon gold
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2022: Ethiopa’s Tola takes marathon gold

The Hindu  

Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola won the men's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in dominant fashion on Sunday, forging powerfully clear around 34km to come home solo to take gold in a championship record of two hours, 05.37 minutes. WORLD CHAMPION ‼️ CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD ‼️ After in London back in 2017, Tamirat Tola concludes a superb effort in the most beautiful …

World Athletics Championship 2022: Murali Sreeshankar finishes seventh in men’s long jump final
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championship 2022: Murali Sreeshankar finishes seventh in men’s long jump final

The Hindu  

National record holder Murali Sreeshankar finished seventh with 7.96m in the men’s long jump final at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon on Saturday. Performance-wise, it was the weakest long jump final at the Worlds in nearly 20 years and was packed with surprises with Switzerland’s Simon Ehammer, this year’s outdoor world leader with 8.45m, taking the bronze with just …

Mondo Duplantis Sets 'Dream' World Record But Jakob Ingebrigtsen Beaten
2 years, 9 months ago

Mondo Duplantis Sets 'Dream' World Record But Jakob Ingebrigtsen Beaten

News 18  

Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis bettered his own pole vault world record as he soared to gold at the World Indoor Championships on Sunday, but Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s bid to further underline his 1500m dominance came a cropper. “To break the world record two times in two weeks, I can’t complain,” said Duplantis. After Venezuela’s Yulimar Rojas’ incredible world record showing in …

Ingebrigtsen breaks 1500m indoor world record
2 years, 10 months ago

Ingebrigtsen breaks 1500m indoor world record

The Hindu  

Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen broke the world indoor record in the 1500m when he ran 3min 30.60sec on Thursday in Lievin in northern France and then set his sights on back-to-back world titles later this year. "This is always a fast race and it's a really nice arena," said Ingebrigtsen, who won in Lievin last year in a European indoor …

Letesenbet Gidey of Ethiopia breaks women's half marathon world record
3 years, 2 months ago

Letesenbet Gidey of Ethiopia breaks women's half marathon world record

Daily Mail  

Ethiopia's Letesenbet Gidey smashed the women's half marathon world record on Sunday, finishing in one hour, two minutes and 52 seconds at the Valencia Half Marathon Trinidad Alfonso EDP. The 23-year-old Gidey, who is also the world 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres record-holder, shaved more than a minute off the previous half marathon mark of 1:04:02 set by Kenya's Ruth …

Ethiopia's Letesenbet Gidey breaks half marathon world record
3 years, 2 months ago

Ethiopia's Letesenbet Gidey breaks half marathon world record

The Hindu  

Ethiopia's Letesenbet Gidey smashed the women's half marathon world record on Sunday, finishing in one hour, two minutes and 52 seconds at the Valencia Half Marathon Trinidad Alfonso EDP. The 23-year-old Gidey, who is also the world 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres record-holder, shaved more than a minute off the previous half marathon mark of 1:04:02 set by Kenya's Ruth …

Tokyo 2020: Athletes heading to Tokyo Olympics in world record form
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo 2020: Athletes heading to Tokyo Olympics in world record form

The Hindu  

The performances in the run up to the Olympics can give us a hint of what we can expect at the main event where athletes, buoyed by the stiff competition and the grandeur of the stage, reach peak performance. Javelin Throw – Men Current WR: Jan Zelezny – 98.48 m Three-time Olympic and world champion Jan Zelezny’s world record throw …

Letesenbet Gidey shatters 10,000m world record
3 years, 7 months ago

Letesenbet Gidey shatters 10,000m world record

The Hindu  

Two days after Sifan Hassan smashed the world 10,000 metres record in Hengelo, Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey – competing on the same track in the Dutch city – improved the mark by another five seconds to win the Ethiopian Trials on Tuesday. Dutchwoman Hassan had run 29:06.82 to slice almost 10 seconds off the record set by Almaz Ayana at the …

Sifan Hassan breaks women's 10,000 metres world record
3 years, 7 months ago

Sifan Hassan breaks women's 10,000 metres world record

The Hindu  

Dutch long-distance runner Sifan Hassan broke the women's 10,000 metres world record on Sunday, clocking 29 minutes 6.82 seconds in a Continental Tour meeting on home soil in Hengelo, World Athletics said. Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana held the previous record of 29:17.45, set at the 2016 Rio Olympics, but Hassan shaved more than 10 seconds off that mark. Hassan is the …

World record breakers Letesenbet Gidey, Joshua Cheptegei in running for Athlete of the Year
4 years, 2 months ago

World record breakers Letesenbet Gidey, Joshua Cheptegei in running for Athlete of the Year

Firstpost  

Gidey, 22, sliced more than four seconds off the previous 5,000m record with a time of 14 min 06.62sec in a race in Valencia Paris: Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey, who smashed the women’s 5,000m world record in October, was among the nominees for the female World Athlete of the Year announced on Tuesday. Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda, who broke the men’s …

Joshua Cheptegei, Nike and the rise of technology in running
4 years, 2 months ago

Joshua Cheptegei, Nike and the rise of technology in running

The Independent  

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Letesenbet Gidey, Joshua Cheptegei smash long-distance world records in Valencia
4 years, 3 months ago

Letesenbet Gidey, Joshua Cheptegei smash long-distance world records in Valencia

Firstpost  

Gidey put up the run of her short career a year after taking 10,000m silver at the world athletics championships in Doha. Valencia: Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey set a new women’s 5,000m world record of 14 minutes 6.62 seconds in Valencia on Wednesday. 14:06.62. pic.twitter.com/SfFxCzPYMi — World Athletics October 7, 2020 Joshua Cheptegei smashes 10,000m track world record Later, Uganda’s Joshua …

Cheptegei, Gidey demolish world records in Valencia
4 years, 3 months ago

Cheptegei, Gidey demolish world records in Valencia

The Hindu  

Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei smashed the men's 10,000 metres world record and Ethiopia's Letesenbet Gidey demolished the women's 5,000 metres mark as the Valencia World Record Day event lived up to its name on Wednesday. Cheptegei crossed the line at a near-empty Turia stadium in a stunning 26 minutes 11.02 seconds to beat the time of 26:17:53 set in 2005 by …

Cheptegei takes aim at 10,000m record in Valencia
4 years, 3 months ago

Cheptegei takes aim at 10,000m record in Valencia

The Hindu  

Less than two months after breaking the 5,000 metres world record, Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei is setting his sights on the 10,000m mark at a special event in Valencia on Wednesday. Cheptegei has already made history over the distance in Valencia, smashing a 10-year 10km world record last December by six seconds, wearing the Nike Zoom Vaporfly shoes which have caused …

World record in men’s 5,000 caps track and field’s return
4 years, 4 months ago

World record in men’s 5,000 caps track and field’s return

The Hindu  

A world record broken after 16 years. Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda was the standout star of the first full Diamond League meet winning the 5,000 meters in 12 minutes, 35.36 seconds to break the world record set in 2004. "Monaco is a special place and it’s one of these places where I could break the world record," said Cheptegei, who …

Joshua Cheptegei Breaks World Record on Return at Diamond League
4 years, 4 months ago

Joshua Cheptegei Breaks World Record on Return at Diamond League

News 18  

World 10,000m champion Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda announced the return of international athletics with a sensational world 5000m record of 12:35.36 at the Diamond League meeting held in Monaco. On Friday, Cheptegei also conquered the great Kenenisa Bekele's 16-year-old 5000m monument of 12:37.35 in 2004. Back in February before COVID-19 outbreak in Europe, the 23-year-old had set a world 5,000 …

Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei breaks Kenya’s Rhonex Kipruto's 5 km road world record
4 years, 10 months ago

Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei breaks Kenya’s Rhonex Kipruto's 5 km road world record

Firstpost  

Cheptegei, the 10,000m world champion, crossed the finish line in 12 minutes and 51 seconds in his first race of the year to eclipse Kipruto’s effort from the 10K Valencia Ibercaja in Spain last month Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei shattered the 5km road world record in Monaco on Sunday, shaving 27 seconds off the mark set by Kenya’s Rhonex Kipruto last …

Joshua Cheptegei breaks Patrick Komon's nine-year old 10,000m world record in Valencia
5 years, 1 month ago

Joshua Cheptegei breaks Patrick Komon's nine-year old 10,000m world record in Valencia

Firstpost  

The Ugandan set a time of 26 minutes, 38 seconds — six seconds faster than the previous record held by Kenya’s Patrick Komon since 2010. Valencia : Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei set a new 10km road world record in Valencia on Sunday, closing out his season in style by eclipsing the previous benchmark set by Kenyan Patrick Leonard Komon. The current …

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