Cheptegei, 24, set world records in 5,000 and 10,000m in what turned out to be his best season. Tonight at the Golden Spike meet in Ostrava, the fourth leg of the World Athletics Continental Tour, Cheptegei will be on a mission to break Daniel Komen’s legendary 25-year-old 7:20.67 world record he set in 3,000m on September 1, 1996. Last year, he sensationally obliterated two world records (5,000m and 10,000m) then held by Ethiopian star Kenenisa Bekele. Komen, in 2010, pledged to buy a new Mercedes Benz for any Kenyan athlete who would break the world record. The expected temperature of 12.2C and dew point of 7.8C appear ideal for the world record attempt at the Golden Spike meet.

Source: Standard Digital May 19, 2021 03:30 UTC