US EditionJimmy Gressier Smashes European 5km Record with 12:51
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A long-distance running competition was held in Lille, France on Saturday, with Jimmy Gressier performing phenomenally. The 28-year-old Frenchman ran the 5-kilometer road race in 12:51 minutes, a new European record.
In an overflying atmosphere, Nordic Jimmy Gressier broke his own 5 km road record for Europe. In Lille, among his own.
On Saturday, April 4, 2026, Jimmy Gressier, the Nordic athlete, improved his own 5 km European record on the Urban Trail in Lille (North).
The Frenchman Jimmy Gressier improved his own five-kilometre European record by winning the Urban Trail in Lille in 12 minutes and 51 seconds, Saturday, April 4, just two seconds from the world record. The world champion of the 10,000 meters in Tokyo in September, the 28-year-old Boulonnais missed his goal of winning the world's best time set by Ethiopian Berihu Aregawi (12:49) in December 2021. But he approached it by beating by six seconds the…
The native of Boulogne made the double after his victory in 2025 where he had already beat the European record ahead of Yann Schrub.
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