Chebet smashes world 5km record with 13:54 in Barcelona

© Ziao Jiang / organisers

Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet ended her year on a high by running a stunning 13:54* to shatter the world 5km record at the Cursa dels Nassos, a World Athletics Label road race, in Barcelona on Tuesday (31).

In doing so, the 24-year-old Kenyan bettered the previous record by 19 seconds.

*Subject to the usual ratification procedure

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