Kenyan Kipyegon keeps the Faith with world mark

Kenya's Beatrice Chebet smashed the women's 5,000 metres world record and compatriot Faith Kipyegon broke her own 1,500m record again as the Eugene Diamond League meet lived up to its billing on July 5.

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Olympic champion Chebet ran 13min 58.06sec to better the time set by Gudaf Tsegay by over two seconds, the Ethiopian's 14:00.21 obliterated when the Kenyan left Tsegay for dust with 200 metres to go as she sprinted for the line.

Chebet looked in shock when she saw the time, adding to her world 10,000m record set in Eugene in 2024, but she had been threatening the record, running 14:03.69 in Rome in June.

"I'm so happy. After running in Rome, I said I have to prepare for a record, because in Rome I was just running to win a race, but after running 14:03, I said that I'm capable of running a world record," the 25-year-old said.

"When I was coming here to Eugene, I was coming to prepare to run a world record, and I said I have to try."