{"id":8831,"date":"2025-01-01T01:31:44","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T01:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/beatrice-chebet-kenyan-runner-smashes-womens-5km-world-record-in-barcelona\/"},"modified":"2025-01-01T01:31:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T01:31:44","slug":"beatrice-chebet-kenyan-runner-smashes-womens-5km-world-record-in-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/beatrice-chebet-kenyan-runner-smashes-womens-5km-world-record-in-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Beatrice Chebet: Kenyan runner smashes women’s 5km world record in Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet crowned a golden year as she smashed the women’s 5,000m world record at the Cursa dels Nassos road race in Barcelona.<\/b><\/p>\n

The 24-year-old Kenyan finished the race in 13 minutes and 54 seconds to become the first woman to break the 14-minute barrier in the event.<\/p>\n

Chebet, who won 5,000m and 10,000m gold at the Paris Olympics earlier this year<\/a>, beat her previous mark – set a year ago to the day in the same race – by 19 seconds.<\/p>\n

“I’m super happy as everything went according to plan,” she said. “I felt capable of running under 14 minutes and I managed to do so. Two races in Barcelona and two world records, can I ask for more?<\/p>\n

“My focus for next year is to win gold medals over 5,000m and 10,000m at the World Championships in Tokyo.”<\/p>\n

Chebet was all on her own as she sprinted through the race and embraced friends at the finish line after adding yet another accolade to her name.<\/p>\n

Alongside her Olympic success in 2024, she also broke the 10,000m world record in Eugene in May, before claiming her second Diamond League title in the 5,000m in September.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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