VALENCIA: Joshua Cheptegei have smashed Kenenisa Bekele’s 15-year-old men’s 10,000m world record by more than six seconds in Valencia. The 24-year-old Uganda star turned in a stunning time of 26minutes 11.00seconds, to shatter Bekele’s best — which had been the longest-standing 10,000m world record in history. Cheptegei’s latest record-breaking feat is his fourth world record in just 10 months. Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey broke the women’s 5,000m record too, on an eventful night in Spain. On August 20, Cheptegei set a new 5,000m world record as heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson came sixth in the high jump at the Diamond League in Monaco.

Source: Ethiopian News October 09, 2020 01:07 UTC