Kenyan clocks 13:54 on the Cursa Dels Nassos occasion in Barcelona on New Yr’s Eve to turn out to be the primary girl to run a sub-14min time for the gap
Twelve months to the day after operating a world 5km document of 14:13 in Barcelona, Beatrice Chebet returned to the identical Cursa Dels Nassos race within the Spanish metropolis to enhance the mark to 13:54.
What a yr it’s been for the 24-year-old from Kenya and plenty of will assume she has been laborious achieved by in lots of the athlete of 2024 awards, a lot of which had been determined nicely earlier than the yr is full.
Beatrice Chebet
In March she gained the world cross-country title in Belgrade, efficiently defending the crown she gained in Bathurst in 2023. On the Pre Basic in the summertime she then grew to become the primary girl to run a sub-29-minute time for 10,000m when she sliced seven seconds off Letesenbet Gidey’s world document with 28:54.14.
On the Paris Olympics the diminutive runner out-sprinted Religion Kipyegon and Sifan Hassan to the 5000m title and some days later accomplished a golden double with 10,000m victory.
Diamond League glory adopted in Brussels as she gained the 5000m. Now, after just a few months of extra coaching, she appears to have moved on to yet one more degree with this 13:54 time for 5km.
🎆 Beatrice Chebet turns into the primary girl to interrupt 14:00 for 5km 🎇
The Olympic 5000m and 10,000m champion from Kenya clocks 13:54 on the Cursa Dels Nassos race in Barcelona. pic.twitter.com/FQ7ohm9b8k
— AW (@AthleticsWeekly) December 31, 2024
Her rivals on the monitor is perhaps racing for minor medals in 2025 if she maintains this manner. Or it would velocity up their plans to maneuver to the marathon, as a result of Chebet has stated this yr that she has no rapid plans to deal with 26.2 miles.
Matthew Kipkoech gained the lads’s race in Barcelona in 13:26.
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