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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Gudaf Tsegay, Beatrice Chepkoech and Kibiwott Kandie will go into the Olympic season with recent world records to their names, after their respective marks over 1500m, 5km and the half-marathon were ratified this week.<\/p>\n

Chepkoech\u2019s world 5km record success came at the Monaco Run on February 14.<\/p>\n

Racing on Valentine\u2019s Day, the world 3000m steeplechase champion further demonstrated her passion for the sport by running 14:43 for 5km on the roads, improving on the previous women\u2019s record in a mixed gender race of 14:48 set by her compatriot Caroline Kipkirui on September 8, 2018.<\/p>\n

It was also one second faster than Sifan Hassan\u2019s 14:44 record for a women-only race, which had previously been the fastest time ever produced over the distance since the 5km was introduced as a world record event in November 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so happy because I didn\u2019t expect it,\u201d said Chepkoech, who broke the world 3000m steeplechase record with 8:44.32 also in Monaco in 2018<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was cold and there was a lot of wind, but I tried to follow my pacemaker and everything was perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two months earlier, Kandie had also made road running history by clocking 57:32 at the Valencia Trinidad Alfonso EDP Half Marathon.<\/p>\n

Running in near-ideal conditions on December 6, Kenya\u2019s Kandie gained his\u00a0\u201crevenge\u201d after missing out on World Athletics Half Marathon Championships gold in Gdynia seven weeks before.<\/p>\n

There he was beaten by Uganda\u2019s Jacob Kiplimo but in Valencia Kandie turned the tables in superb style<\/p>\n

He also shaved 29 seconds from the previous world half-marathon record of 58:01 which had been set by his compatriot Geoffrey Kamworor in Copenhagen on September 15, 2019.<\/p>\n

In a race of incredible depth, the next three finishers \u2013 Kiplimo (57:37), Rhonex Kipruto (57:49) and Alexander Mutiso (57:59) \u2013 also dipped under the previous record.<\/p>\n

Splits of 8:05 at 3km and 13:37 at 5km \u2013 11 seconds inside world record pace \u2013 had suggested that a historic run was in the making.<\/p>\n

The 10km point was reached in 27:25, while 15km was passed in 41:10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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