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

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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 month. 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. Kipruto had set the mark en route to the 10km road world record. “To take this many seconds of the record makes me very happy and is a great first test for me in an important season.” Frenchman Jimmy Gressier finished second in Monaco with a time of 13:18 to beat the European record of 13:29 set by Julien Wanders in the same race last year.

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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 …

Cheptegei's Epic Comeback in Delhi Half Marathon, a Thrilling Showdown with Matata
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Cheptegei's Epic Comeback in Delhi Half Marathon, a Thrilling Showdown with Matata

Hindustan Times  

Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei emerged victorious in the Elite Men's category of the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon, showcasing his remarkable speed and endurance. Cheptegei, the reigning 10,000m world champion, clocked 59 minutes, 46 seconds in a thrilling display of power and determination. Despite facing a late surge from Kenya's Alex Matata, Cheptegei held his ground and secured the gold medal with …

Cheptegei completes the dream, Uganda gets ready to follow suit
5 months ago

Cheptegei completes the dream, Uganda gets ready to follow suit

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: As Joshua Cheptegei made his way back to the room at the Games Village, his face was plastered with a gentle smile. Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda won the men’s 10,000m final on Friday. “It’s the dream of young people to achieve what they want to achieve in life,” said Cheptegei. Cheptegei, who hails from Uganda’s Kapchorwa district, has …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Aregawi clocks fifth-fastest men’s 5,000 meters in history to win Diamond League meet at Lausanne
1 year, 6 months ago

Aregawi clocks fifth-fastest men’s 5,000 meters in history to win Diamond League meet at Lausanne

The Hindu  

Berihu Aregawi ran the fifth-fastest men’s 5,000 meters in track history on Friday to beat Olympic champion Joshua Cheptegei at the Athletissima meeting. With the top American and Jamaican sprinters at home for national trials ahead of the world championships in August, the men’s distance runners took center stage on the latest stop on the Diamond League circuit. Olympic 1,500-meter …

Berihu Aregawi Clocks Fifth-fastest Men's 5,000 Metres in History to Win Diamond League Meet at Lausanne
1 year, 6 months ago

Berihu Aregawi Clocks Fifth-fastest Men's 5,000 Metres in History to Win Diamond League Meet at Lausanne

News 18  

Berihu Aregawi ran the fifth-fastest men’s 5,000 metres in track history on Friday to beat Olympic champion Joshua Cheptegei at the Athletissima meeting. With the top American and Jamaican sprinters at home for national trials ahead of the world championships in August, the men’s distance runners took center stage on the latest stop on the Diamond League circuit. Olympic 1,500-metre …

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 …

Caster Semenya, Emma Coburn join cross-country regulars at worlds in Australia
1 year, 10 months ago

Caster Semenya, Emma Coburn join cross-country regulars at worlds in Australia

The Hindu  

Caster Semenya has won Olympic and world titles on the track over 800 meters but can’t run that distance competitively now so she’s taking on cross-country at a world championships course more synonymous with an iconic Australian auto race. Semenya and Coburn will be participating in the mixed relay event at the World Cross-Country Championships on Saturday in Bathurst, a …

Uganda's Olympic champion Cheptegei to start 2022 season in France
2 years, 10 months ago

Uganda's Olympic champion Cheptegei to start 2022 season in France

China Daily  

Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda beats Paul Chelimo of the United States to the finish line to win the 2 Mile race during the Wanda Diamond League Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon on Aug 21, 2021. KAMPALA - Joshua Cheptegei, who won a 5,000m gold and a 10,000m silver for Uganda at Tokyo 2020, will start his 2022 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

World 1,500m champion Cheruiyot eager to face Ingebrigsten brothers in Monaco
4 years, 5 months ago

World 1,500m champion Cheruiyot eager to face Ingebrigsten brothers in Monaco

China Daily  

Kenya's Timothy Cheruiyot poses as he celebrates winning gold of Men's 1500 Meters Final during World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar on Oct 6, 2019. NAIROBI - World 1,500m champion Timothy Cheruiyot on Wednesday expressed his excitement at the return to Diamond competitions as he stepped up his preparations ahead of Monaco meeting on August 14. Cheruiyot's coach Bernard Ouma …

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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