This Sunday, Kenyan Beatriz Chebet set the world record in the women’s 5 km, with a time of 14:13 minutes, while at the same time surpassing the previous record, both in a race between women and men (14:19) and in an exclusive women’s race (14:29).
WORLD RECORD
Beatrice Chebet from ???????? ends 2023 on a high by breaking the world record* for 5 kilometers on the road with 14:13 at the Cursa dels Nassos in Barcelona ????????
*Subject to normal ratification procedures pic.twitter.com/DjsTFA3KPz
– World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) December 31, 2023
Ethiopian Ejgayehu Taye (14:21) and Kenyan Lilian Kasait Rengeruk (14:26) completed the podium of the 25th edition of the Cursa dels Nasso, followed by Ugandan Joy Cheptoyek (14:28). Esther Guerrero, eighth, was the fastest Spanish player with a time of 15:45.
WORLD RECORD FOR THE 5K RUN
Kenyan Beatrice Chebet set a new world record in the 5km race by running 14 minutes and 13 seconds in Barcelona. pic.twitter.com/iQBK0ZPv1d
– TN Running (@TNrunningAR) December 31, 2023
Ethiopian Kassie Wubrist Aschal behaved like a hare and led the breakaway of six athletes from the first meters, passing the second kilometer with a time of 5:38. Ashal. He broke free from the hook and left a clear trail behind Chebet.
Taye and Kasait Rengeruk They were the only ones who could keep up with the Kenyan’s pace. He aborted the test after accelerating around the fourth kilometer and maintained this pace until he crossed the finish line with a time of 14:13.
The refugee athlete from South Sudan who lives in Switzerland competed in the men’s 5km race, Dominic Lobalu. He fulfilled the predictions that made him the main favorite.
Lobalue took victory with a time of 13:12 minutes, followed by Kenyan Mateus Kipkoech Kipruto (13:18) and Spaniard Abdessamad Oukhelpen (13:27).
The Sudanese set the pace from the start of the race, leading the first leading group with Kipkoech Kipruto and Oukhelferque gave way after the second kilometer and lost the victory in a direct confrontation that Lobalu ended at four kilometers with a change of pace in a straight line. line that allowed him to cross the goal alone.
The 25th edition looks like Cursa dels Nassos de Barcelona has exceeded 10,000 entries in the popular 10 km trial with a 33% share of women, the highest in the history of the competition and 30% debutants.
(With information from EFE)
Source: La Neta Neta
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