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Malay Mail
06-07-2025
- Sport
- Malay Mail
Kenya's Beatrice Chebet smashes 5,000m world record — first woman under 14 minutes
EUGENE, July 6 — Kenya's double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet crushed the women's 5,000m world record yesterday, powering to victory in 13min 58.06sec at the Diamond League athletics meeting in Eugene, Oregon. Chebet, Olympic gold medallist at 5,000 and 10,000m in Paris last year, delivered a devastating finish to become the first woman to break the 14-minute barrier in the event, beating the previous world record of 14:00.21 set by Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay on the same Hayward Field track in September 2023. Chebet, 25, had already broken the 10,000m world record at Hayward Field in May of 2024, when she became the first woman to run under 29 minutes (28:54.14). Compatriot Agnes Jebet Ngetich was second in 14:01.29 — the third-fastest time ever — and Tsegay was third in 14:04.41. Chebet was under world-record pace for much of the way. She, Tsegay and Ngetich had broken away from the rest of the field when the pace faded slightly a few laps from the finish. But Chebet mustered a final flourish — delivering an incredible last lap to pull away mercilessly for the triumph and the world record. 'I'm so happy,' Chebet said, adding that she had been inspired by her own strong performance in Rome last month and compatriot Faith Kipyegon's unsuccessful bid to become the first woman to break four minutes for the mile. 'After running in Rome, I said I have to prepare for a record because in Rome I was just running to win a race, but after running 14:03, I said that I'm capable of running a world record. 'When I was coming here to Eugene, I was coming to prepare to run a world record, and I said I have to try. I said 'If Faith is trying, why not me?' 'And today, I'm so happy because I've achieved being the first woman to run under 14. I'm so happy for myself.' — AFP
NBC Sports
06-07-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Chebet smashes world record in women's 5000m
Kenya's Beatrice Chebet broke the previous women's 5000m world record by over two seconds and three seconds ahead of fellow countrywoman Agnes Jebet Ngetich to secure a dominant win at the Prefontaine Classic.
France 24
05-07-2025
- Sport
- France 24
Kenya's Beatrice Chebet shatters women's 5,000m world record
Chebet, Olympic gold medallist at 5,000 and 10,000m in Paris last year, delivered a devastating finish to become the first woman to break the 14-minute barrier in the event, beating the previous world record of 14:00.21 set by Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay on the same Hayward Field track in September 2023. Chebet, 25, had already broken the 10,000m world record at Hayward Field in May of 2024, when she became the first woman to run under 29 minutes (28:54.14). Compatriot Agnes Jebet Ngetich was second in 14:01.29 -- the third-fastest time ever -- and Tsegay was third in 14:04.41. Chebet was under world-record pace for much of the way. She, Tsegay and Ngetich had broken away from the rest of the field when the pace faded slightly a few laps from the finish. But Chebet mustered a final flourish -- delivering an incredible last lap to pull away mercilessly for the triumph and the world record. "I'm so happy," Chebet said, adding that she had been inspired by her own strong performance in Rome last month and compatriot Faith Kipyegon's unsuccessful bid to become the first woman to break four minutes for the mile. "After running in Rome, I said I have to prepare for a record because in Rome I was just running to win a race, but after running 14:03, I said that I'm capable of running a world record. "When I was coming here to Eugene, I was coming to prepare to run a world record, and I said I have to try. I said 'If Faith is trying, why not me?' "And today, I'm so happy because I've achieved being the first woman to run under 14. I'm so happy for myself."
New York Times
05-07-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Olympic champ Beatrice Chebet smashes world record in women's 5,000-meter
The bell rang, and Beatrice Chebet was gone. 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! 📺: NBC & Peacock | #Pre50 — NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) July 5, 2025 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. Advertisement 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. ⭐️ 📺: NBC & Peacock | #Pre50 — NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) July 5, 2025 '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.
