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Cheptegei breaks 10,000m world record

Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei poses with the clock after setting a new world record in the 10,000 metres in Valencia, Spain on October 7, 2020. 

Photo credit: Pool | NN Running Team

By  Ayumba Ayodi  &  AFP

What you need to know:

  • The Ugandan now holds the world records for 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres 
  • Earlier, Ethiopia's Letesenbet Gidey set a new women's 5,000m world record of 14 minutes 6.62 seconds
  • The 22-year-old lowered the previous mark of 14:11.15 held by her compatriot Tirunesh Dibaba since 2008 by over four seconds

Joshua Cheptegei broke the 10,000m track world record on Wednesday in Valencia with a time of 26 minutes 11.00 seconds.

He lowered the previous mark of 26:17.53 set by Kenenisa Bekele on August 26, 2005 in Brussels.

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