{"id":1158,"date":"2020-10-29T09:17:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T09:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/track\/?p=1158"},"modified":"2020-10-29T09:17:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T09:17:44","slug":"joshua-cheptegei-5000m-record-ratified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/track\/news\/joshua-cheptegei-5000m-record-ratified","title":{"rendered":"Joshua Cheptegei 5000m record ratified"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Joshua Cheptegei’s world 5000m record of 12:35.36 set at the Wanda Diamond League in Monaco on 14 August has been ratified.<\/p>\n

Joshua Cheptegei 5000m record ratified<\/h3>\n

The Ugandan, now 24, took two seconds off Kenenisa Bekele\u2019s mark of 12:37.35, set 16 years earlier in Hengelo. Amazingly, it was Cheptegei\u2019s first race since setting a world 5km record on the roads on 16 February, also in Monaco.<\/p>\n

Paced through the early stages by Roy Hoornweg (2:31.87 at 1000m) and Matthew Ramsden (5:03.77 at 2000m), Cheptegei, the reigning world cross country and 10,000m champion, took up the running at half way and continued the metronomic pace, churning out 61-second laps. He passed through 3000m in 7:35.14 and then upped the pace slightly with a 2:30 fourth kilometre.<\/p>\n

Having left the rest of the field way behind, he maintained his tempo and eked out another 2:30 split for the final kilometre, bringing him to the finish line in 12:35.36 after a 59.64 final lap.<\/p>\n

With his season cut short by the Covid-19 pandemic, Cheptegei made no secret of his ambitions to take down’s Bekele’s record which had stood since the rising star was seven years old, and targeted precisely that in Monaco.<\/p>\n

After the race Cheptegei revealed: \u201cIt took a lot of mind setting to keep being motivated this year because so many people are staying at home but you have to stay motivated. I pushed myself, I had the right staff with me, the right coach. I’m also usually based in Europe, but being based in Uganda with my family was actually great.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you believe in something, anything is possible,” he continued. “Breaking a record was something really difficult, but when you know the right way, it\u2019s not difficult anymore. So, the next challenge is to go chase one or two more world records. I would be the happiest person in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

On 7 October in Valencia, in his third race of the year, Cheptegei shattered the world record in the 10,000m, clocking 26:11.00, a performance which is now awaiting ratification.<\/p>\n

World Athletics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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