China News Service, October 8th. In the early morning of October 8th, Beijing time, at an event called NN Valencia World Record Day, the 24-year-old Ugandan long-distance running genius Cheput Guy broke the men's 10,000 with 26 minutes 11 seconds 00 Meters world record, while Ethiopia’s Jidi set a new world record for women’s 5000 meters with 14 minutes 06.62 seconds.
The previous men's 10,000-meter world record was set by Becquer at the IAAF Golden League Brussels station in 2005. The result was 26:17.53. Ugandan long-distance runner Cheput Gai set a new world record with 26:11.00. , The record that has been maintained for 15 years has been improved by about 6 seconds.
It is worth mentioning that Cheputge, who was born in 1996, just set a new world record of 12:35.36 in Monaco in August this year. The previous record holder is also Bekeler.
In addition, Gidi from Ethiopia also set a new women's 5000m world record with a score of 14:06.62.
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