Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet topped a golden 12 months as she smashed the ladies’s 5,000m world report on the Cursa dels Nassos street 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 won 5,000m and 10,000m gold at the Paris Olympics earlier this year, beat her earlier mark – set a 12 months in the past to the day in the identical race – by 19 seconds.
“I am tremendous completely satisfied as all the things went in line with plan,” she mentioned. “I felt able to working beneath 14 minutes and I managed to take action. Two races in Barcelona and two world information, can I ask for extra?
“My focus for subsequent 12 months is to win gold medals over 5,000m and 10,000m on the World Championships in Tokyo.”
Chebet was all on her personal as she sprinted by the race and embraced associates on the end line after including yet one more accolade to her identify.
Alongside her Olympic success in 2024, she additionally broke the ten,000m world report in Eugene in Might, earlier than claiming her second Diamond League title within the 5,000m in September.
