(Reuters) – Kenya’s Beatrice Chepkoech broke the 5 kilometres world document on Sunday, ending in a time of 14 minutes 43 seconds around the streets of Monaco to clip one second off the outdated mark.
The 29-year-old Chepkoech, who additionally holds the world document within the 3,000 metres steeplechase, battled windy situations with help from her pacemaker Luuk Maas.
“I am so completely happy. Despite the fact that there was plenty of wind, I managed to run proper on tempo,” Chepkoech mentioned.
“In the long run, my pacemaker instructed me ‘we are able to do it, let’s push it’. I am actually pleased with this world document.”
Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei, the ten,000 metres world champion, received the boys’s race in a time of 13 minutes and 14 seconds.
(Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru, enhancing by Ed Osmond)
