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WORLD RECORD | Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey smashed the women’s 5000m World Record in an incredible time of 14:06.62, breaking the record set by compatriot Tirunesh Dibaba (14:11.15) in Oslo in 2008, at the aptly named NN Valencia World Record Day in Valencia, Spain on Wednesday October 7, 2020.

Spain’s Esther Guerrero paced Gidey through 1000m in 2:51.10, then world steeplechase champion Beatrice Chepkoech took up the pace-making duties, going through 2000m in 5:42.73 and 3000m in 8:31.85.

Gidey had just the wavelight pacing technology for company over the final two kilometres and she doggedly stuck to the very front of the stream of blue lights. She reached 4000m in 11:19.17 and managed to crank up the tempo even more for the final 1000 metres, eventually crossing the finish line in 14:06.62.

(Video courtesy: NN Running Team)


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