World Record Alert: Chebet goes sub-14 in 5000m
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Reading Time: 2min | Sat. 05.07.25. | 23:52
The previous record was 14:00.21 by Gudaf Tsegay
She is unstoppable! She will break you on her way to a comfortable and calculated World Record.
The new Queen of 5000m running, ladies and gentlemen Beatrice Chebet! She just stamped her authority in the distance, destroying the World Record, clocking 13:58.06 at the Prefontaine Classic, in Eugene on Saturday 5 July.
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She becomes the first woman in history to break 14 minutes on track.
The previous record was 14:00.21 by Gudaf Tsegay, the woman both Chebet and Agnes Ngetich combined to beat in a an unexpected turn of events. Ngetich placed this in a massive PB of 14:01.29.
Returning to the scene of her world 10,000m record from last year, she was tracked for most of the race by Tsegay, who held the world record prior to today, and compatriot Ngetich.
They operated at world record pace from the outset with the first 1000m covered in 2:47.07.
The second pacemaker led the field through 2000m in 5:35.37 and dropped out soon after, by which point Chebet, Tsegay and Ngetich had broken away from the rest of the field.
Chebet passed 3000m in 8:22.96, 1.04 seconds inside the pace required for a sub-14-minute run. The pace dropped slightly for the next kilometre as 4000m was reached in 11:14.12, but Chebet had saved something for the closing stages.
She kicked hard with 200 metres to go.
Tsegay’s challenge began to fade and she was soon passed by Ngetich, but Chebet was away and clear and crossed the line in 13:58.06, taking 2.15 seconds off Tsegay’s world record.
Ngetich's time is the third-fastest time in history.
Tsegay placed third in 14:04.41.
Additional reporting by World Athletics
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