Just a week after breaking the world record in the 1500m, Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon has also broken the world record in the 5000m.
At the Diamond League Meeting in Paris, the 29-year-old two-time Olympic champion ran to the finish in 14:05.20 minutes, beating the previous record holder Letesenbet Gidey from Ethiopia (14:06.62).
Girma with next world record
An hour later, Ethiopian Lamecha Girma set another world record. The Olympic silver medalist from Tokyo completed the 3000 m obstacle course in 7:52.11 minutes – more than a second faster than Saif Saaeed Shaheen (Qatar) who set the previous record 19 years ago (2004/7:53.63).
Kipyegon had already set a world record in the 1500 meters in 3:49.11 minutes at the Diamond League meeting in Florence. “I didn’t think about the world record. I don’t know how I did it”, said Kipyegon.
