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Kenyan Duo Break 5000m and 1500m World Records at Prefontaine Classic

Kenyan distance supremacy on Saturday at Hayward Field highlighted the Prefontaine Classic’s record-shattering conditions

Faith Kipyegon reacts after winning the women's 1500m and setting a new world record.
Beatrice Chebet won the women's 5,000m with a world record time.
Kenya's Beatrice Chebet is the first woman to break 14 minutes in the 5,000m, clocking a world record 13:58.06 to win at the Eugene Diamond League meeting
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Overview

  • Beatrice Chebet became the first woman to break 14 minutes in the 5000m with a time of 13:58.06, lowering the previous mark by over two seconds.
  • Faith Kipyegon improved her own 1500m world record to 3:48.68, shaving 0.36 seconds off her prior best set last July.
  • Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson won the men’s 100m in 9.85 seconds and American Melissa Jefferson-Wooden claimed the women’s 100m title in 10.75 seconds.
  • Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis cleared 6.00m but failed in three attempts at 6.29m during his bid to better his own pole vault world record.
  • Agnes Jebet Ngetich finished second in the 5000m in 14:01.29 for the third-fastest time ever and Gudaf Tsegay placed third in 14:04.41 to complete the podium.