Joshua Cheptegei crosses the finish line and thus bettered his silver
medal in the 2017 race in London. The times were very close: 26:49.94
in London for a personal best and another PB in Doha of 26:48.36.
2019 World Athletics Championships. Doha, Qatar.
Final men's 10,000 metres.
1.
|
Joshua Cheptegei
|
Uganda |
26:48.36 |
WL
|
|
2.
|
Yomif Kejelcha |
Ethiopia |
26:49.34 |
PB
|
|
| 3. |
Rhonex Kipruto |
Kenya |
26:50.32
|
|
|
4.
|
Rodgers Kwemoi |
Kenya |
26:55.36 |
PB |
|
| 5. |
Andamlak Belihu |
Ethiopia |
26:56.71 |
|
|
6.
|
Mohammed Ahmed |
Canada |
26:59.35 |
|
|
7.
|
Lopez Lomong |
United States |
27:04.72 |
PB |
|
8.
|
Yemaneberhan Crippa |
Italy |
27:10.76 |
NR |
|
On 14th. August 2020 in Monaco during their Diamond League meeting
23 year old Cheptegei broke Kenebisa Bekele's 16-year-old
5,000m world record by nearly two seconds, clocking 12:35.36
At the time Bekele still held the world 10,000m record and was the
second-fastest marathoner in history. Three months later on 7th. October
in Valencia he set a men's 10,000 metres world record of 26min 11.00
bettering the record of 26:17.53 set by Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele in Brussels 15 years
earlier. The race was organised by Jos Hermens’ Global Sports Communication agency,
which set up event, not to charge for broadcast rights meant that many thousands of
athletics fans around the globe were able to watch this feast of distance running
on the World Athletics YouTube channel. Earlier in the evening Ethiopia's Letesenbet Gidey
took almost five seconds off the women's 5,000 metres world record with a time of 14:06.62