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T. NashipaeReynold Cheruiyot's world record ratified
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Reading Time: 2min | Sun. 26.11.23. | 13:00
Cheruiyot's record has been ratified after finishing fifth in the Prefontaine Classic
Reynold Cheruiyot etched his name in the annals of history following the ratification of his world record set at the Prefontaine Classic, the Diamond League final.
The reigning World Under 20 1,500m champion outclassed a strong contingent to finish fifth in 3:48:06 in the race that featured a host of fast times, including the winning mark of 3:43.73 by Jakob Ingebrigtsen, just 0.6 of a second off the senior world record.
The performance saw Ingebrigtsen improve the world U20 mile record by more than a second from the previous record of 3:49:29 set by Ilham Tanui Ozbilen in Oslo on July 3, 2009.
At the same time, world records set this year by Ryan Crouser, Mondo Duplantis, and Gudaf Tsegay have been ratified.
Crouser’s was the first of these recently ratified marks to be set, as he launched the shot 23.56m at the USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix, the season’s sixth World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting, on 27 May.
With that performance, the world and Olympic champion added 19cm to the previous world record of 23.37m that he achieved at the US Olympic Trials in Eugene in June 2021.The world record mark came in the fourth round and his series also included throws of 23.31m, 23.23m, 22.94m, 22.86m, and 22.80m.
The world records by Duplantis, Tsegay, and Cheruiyot were all achieved at the Wanda Diamond League Final in Eugene on 16-17 September.
Ethiopia's Tsegay set the second senior world record of her career and her first outdoors, improving the world 5000m record with her remarkable 14:00.21 run.
That performance took almost five seconds off the previous world record of 14:05.20 that Faith Kipyegon set in Paris in June as part of a record spree that also saw her set global marks for the 1500m and mile.
Duplantis also made history in Eugene. Back in the stadium where he broke the world record to win his first senior world title in 2022, the Swedish pole vault star set the seventh world record of his career, clearing 6.23m on his first attempt.
That mark is one centimeter higher than the world record height he achieved indoors in Clermont-Ferrand in February.
Men’s World Shot Put Record
23.56m Ryan Crouser (USA) Los Angeles 27 May 2023
Men’s world pole vault record
6.23m Mondo Duplantis (SWE) Eugene 17 September 2023
Women’s World 5000m record
14:00.21 Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) Eugene 17 September 2023
Men’s world U20 mile record
3:48.06 Reynold Cheruiyot (KEN) Eugene 16 September
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