Olympic champ Beatrice Chebet smashes world record in women's 5,000-meter
Running just in front of world-record holder Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia as the finish line neared in a blistering women's 5,000-meter Saturday at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore., Kenya's Chebet found another gear and left a tired Tsegay to watch as she cruised to the finish and made history. Chebet finished in 13:58.06 at Hayward Field to seize the world record and become the first woman to run the distance in under 14 minutes.
🚨BEATRICE CHEBET BREAKS 14 MINUTES FOR A NEW 5000M WORLD RECORD!
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The mark was more than two seconds faster than the previous world record of 14:00.21, set by Tsegay in September 2023, also at Hayward Field. Until Saturday, only one other person had come within four seconds of Tsegay's record.
But that one person was Chebet last month. The 25-year-old, who's also the reigning Olympic champion in the event, posted a then-personal-best time of 14:03.69 in June in Rome to join Tsegay as the only two women to run the 5,000 in less than 14:05. Chebet now owns five of the 10 best times ever in the event.
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Kenya's Agnes Jebet Ngetich added her name to the sub-14:05 list Saturday, posting the third-best time ever in the event to take second in 14:01.29. Tsegay finished in third at 14:04.41.
Chebet's run was one of the highlights of a busy day in Eugene that also featured Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, a 400-meter hurdles specialist, running the flat version of that distance.
McLaughlin-Levrone won the race, posting a personal season-best time of 49.43, the sixth-fastest time in 2025. The field had some notable absences, including current world-lead holder and Paris silver medalist Salwa Eid Naser of Bahrain and the Dominican Republic's Marileidy Paulino, the Olympic champion.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone cruises to victory in the 400m with a season's best. ⭐️
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'Not my best work, honestly,' McLaughlin-Levrone told NBC Sports' Lewis Johnson after the race. 'Just happy to be back out after a month (off) of racing, shake out the dust a little bit. … A lot to work on, a lot to go and look back at. But, grateful for the win.'
In the men's 100-meter, Jamaica's Kishane Thompson — the Olympic silver medalist in Paris — cruised to a win in 9.85 seconds, topping Great Britain's Zharnel Hughes and American Trayvon Bromell. Thompson was the only runner in the field who was also in the Olympic final, won in a photo finish by his American rival Noah Lyles.
In the women's long jump, American star Tara Davis-Woodhall came up big when she needed it most, jumping 7.07 meters on her final attempt to take the win away from Germany's Malaika Mihambo, who went 7.01.
In the men's hammer throw, American Rudy Winkler set a national record and a world-lead distance of 83.16 meters to win in Eugene. The 30-year-old took sixth in the hammer throw at the Paris Olympics.
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