Kenya: World Record Innit! Beatrice Chebet Clocks Fastest Time Ever in Women's 5000m

Kenya: World Record Innit! Beatrice Chebet Clocks Fastest Time Ever in Women's 5000m

NAIROBI, Kenya, July 5, 2025 - Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet smashed the world record for the women's 5000m on her way to victory at the Prefontaine Classic in Oregon on Saturday night.

Kenyan middle distance runners set world records in Eugene

The 2025 Prefontaine Classic took place in Eugene, Oregon on Saturday, and the biggest story was the fact that there were two world records broken. Faith Kipyegon of Bomet, Kenya set a world record with a time of 3:48.68 in the women’s 1500 metres, and Beatrice Chebet of Kericho, Kenya set a world record with a time of 13:58.06 in the women’s 5000 metres. Who had the previous world records? Kipyegon had the previous world record of 3:49.04, whic…

CHEBET, KIPYEGON DAZZLE WITH WORLD RECORDS AT PREFONTAINE CLASSIC

CHEBET, KIPYEGON DAZZLE WITH WORLD RECORDS AT PREFONTAINE CLASSIC By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2025 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved, used with permission.  EUGENE (05-Jul) — The gala 50th edition of the Prefontaine Classic lived up to all the hype, punctuated by world record performances by Kenyans Beatrice Chebet and Faith Kipyegon.  Chebet, 25, became the first woman in history to break 14 minutes for 5000m, clocking 13:58.06 in a rac…

Kenya's Chebet, Kipyegon Break 5000m and 1500m World Records in Eugene

Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet became the first woman in history to cover 5000m inside 14 minutes, clocking a world record* of 13:58.06 at the Prefontaine Classic – a Wanda Diamond League meeting – in Eugene on Saturday (5). The Kenyan, returning to the scene of her world 10,000m record from last year, was tracked for most of the race by Gudaf Tsegay, who held the world record before today, and Agnes Jebet Ngetich. They operated at a wo…