World Athletics has ratified Beatrice Chebet and Ruth Chepngetich world records set at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Beatrice Chebet hit the headlines after smashing the world 10,000m record in Eugene on top of winning two gold medals in the season.
“Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet was one of the stars of the Paris Olympics, becoming the only athlete to win two individual gold medals, but earlier in the season she hit the headlines after smashing the world 10,000m record in Eugene.
The two-time world cross-country champion covered 25 laps in 28:54.14, taking seven seconds off the world record of 29:01.03 set by Letesenbet Gidey in Hengelo on 8 June 2021.” said World Athletics
Ruth Chepngetich on the other hand made headlines at the Chicago Marathon shaving off two minutes to smash the world record in the classic.
“More recently, Chebet’s compatriot Ruth Chepngetich made waves with her stunning victory at the Chicago Marathon. The 2019 world champion obliterated the marathon world record by almost two minutes and became the first woman to cover the classic distance inside 2:10.
Her winning time of 2:09:56 was a huge revision of the previous world record of 2:11:53, set by Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa in Berlin on 24 September 2023.” said World Athletics
