Joshua Cheptegei put in an astonishing run to destroy a world record that had stood for 16 years — after training for just a couple of months. Joshua Cheptegei put in an astonishing run to destroy a world record that had stood for 16 years — after training for just a couple of months. Cheptegei wiped almost two seconds off Ethiopian legend Kenenisa Bekele's 16-year-old world record time over the 5000m as he clocked an astonishing 12 minutes, 35.35sec. Those two world records in a COVID-hit season followed an outstanding 2019 when he secured not only the world cross country title in Denmark, but also the world 10,000m title at the Doha world championships. AFPOriginally published as Running freak obliterates world record

Source: Ethiopian News August 15, 2020 01:41 UTC