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Monday, 24 August 2020

World 5000m Record Smashed!

Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei has broken the 5000m world record. The record had been standing for 16 years and Cheptegei beat it by almost two seconds.

The 23-year-old, completed the 5000m in 12 minutes 35.36 seconds. The previous mark, set by Ethiopian great Kenenisa Bekele, was 12:37.35.

Remarkably it is Cheptegei’s second world record in Monaco this year, despite the season being badly disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.


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