Barcelona He already has his third world record in force when a new one is added this 2023 in one of the fastest tests in the city, the Cursa dels Nassos. The name to frame this time is that of the Kenyan Beatric Chebet and the distance, 5 kilometers on the road only for women.
After achieving the male records a couple of years ago – by the Ethiopian runner Berihu Aregawi Tekehalmanwith a time of 12 minutes 49 seconds – and women’s mixed test – from his compatriot Ejgayehu Taye Haylexwith a time of 14 minutes and 19 seconds -, both on this same circuit, this 2023 the test in which a new record has been achieved has been in women’s only 5K road race -without the help of male hares-.
To achieve the goal, Barcelona bet heavily with the signing of the top 3 in the distance of the world past: the Kenyan athletes Beatrice Chebet and Lilian Kasaitand the current record holder, the Ethiopian Ejgayehu Taye. A selection at the highest level.
🥇Beatrice Chebet 14:13 WR
🥈Ejgayehu Taye Haylu 14:21
🥉Lilian Kasait Rengeruk 14:25 pic.twitter.com/0eCswevXRr— Cursa dels Nassos (@Cursanassos) December 31, 2023
He pace was very high from the start of the race and the passage through kilometer 2 confirmed it, 10 seconds below the previous record – which was 14 minutes and 29 seconds at the finish line” and already with a group of only six runners leading that was reduced to the three favorites in the next kilometer.
The final battle between the trio broke out in the last kilometer, in an attack by the current world cross country and 5 kilometer road champion, Beatrice Chebet. The first to stay was Taye and then Kasait couldn’t keep up. Chebet crossed the finish line in a stratospheric 14 minutes and 13 seconds, a historical record that even beats Taye’s previous one in a mixed event for six seconds.
And in a race in which up to four runners lowered the previous recordIn addition to Chebet, Taye, Kasait and even the fourth-place finisher, Ugandan Joy Cheptoyek, achieved that milestone.
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The swiss Dominic Lobaluwith a time of 13’19”, closely followed by Matthew Kiprutowho kept up with the Swiss until the last kilometer and finally arrived a few seconds later (13 minutes and 25 seconds).
Behind them, the Spanish Abdessamad Oukhelfen He closed the podium with a time of 13 minutes and 33 seconds, remaining just 3 seconds behind Ilias Fifa’s Catalunya record also achieved in Nassos last year. In total, up to a dozen elite runners went under 14 minutes in a fast, flat test with long straights.