Runner Kenya breaks women's 10km world record
Ngetich dominated the race in Brasov on September 10. She quickly overcame and completed the first 5 km in 14 minutes 25 seconds - four seconds faster than the women-only world record at this distance. At that time, Ngetich was 10 seconds ahead of compatriot Catherine Reline.
Ngetich maintained his lead, covering 6.5km in 18 minutes 54 seconds and 8.5km in 24 minutes 56 seconds before finishing in a record 29 minutes 23 seconds. This is the best achievement in a women-only race, breaking the mark of 30 minutes and 1 second set by Agnes Tirop in Herzogenaurach, Germany in 2021.
Ngetich also achieved the third best 10km run in history, just behind Ethiopia's Yalemzerf Yehualaw's 29 minutes and 14 seconds in a mixed race in Castellon in 2022, and Yehualaw's 29 minutes and 19 seconds also in Valencia earlier this year.
Ngetich, born in 2001, is a potential long-distance runner in Kenya, having won the 5,000m championship at Kenya's U20 African qualifiers. She finished fifth at the Kenya Cross Country Championships held at Iten Grounds in Elgeyo Marakwet County in November 2021, and finished second to Sheila Chepkirui at the Brasov 10km Road Running Festival in Brașov, Romania in November. September 2022.
On February 18, 2023, this 22-year-old runner won a bronze medal in the individual event and a team gold medal at the world cross-country championship held in Bathurst, Australia.
"This world record is an unexpected achievement for me," Ngetich exclaimed after crossing the finish line. "I didn't expect that I would achieve a world record. I just wanted to improve my personal best, achieve a record of under 30 minutes to break the tournament record, and setting a world record is really unexpected. doubt".
Catherine Reline was second in 30 minutes and 14 seconds, while Uganda's Joy Cheptoyek finished third in 30 minutes and 34 seconds.
In the men's event, Weldon Langat completed a double victory for Kenya when he crossed the finish line first with a record of 27 minutes and 5 seconds. Behind are Amos Kurgat with 27 minutes and 12 seconds and Edward Zakayo Pingua - 5000m champion at the 2018 World U20 - with 27 minutes and 14 seconds.
