On Sunday afternoon on the Diamond League Ultimate in Eugene, Ore., global 10,000m champion Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay virtually accomplished the unthinkable: breaking the ladies’s 5,000m global file in 14:00.20—just about turning into the primary lady in historical past to run a 5K beneath 14 mins.
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Gudaf Tsegay smashes the ladies’s 5,000m global file with a time of 14:00.21 to change into Diamond League champion %.twitter.com/VamuEr3PWr
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Tsegay surpassed the former 5,000m global file of 14:05.20 by means of 5 seconds, which was once set by means of her rival Religion Kipyegon previous this 12 months on the Paris Diamond League. Tsegay battled with global cross-country champion Beatrice Chebet till the overall 3 laps when the Ethiopian pulled forward.
The tempo for the 5,000m ultimate was once set for 14:00 flat, with the pacers taking Tsegay and Chebet thru 3,000m in 8:26.03. Tsegay threw down a 2:09 ultimate 800m to shake off Chebet and change into the primary lady to threaten the 14-minute 5K barrier. Chebet completed 2nd at the back of Tsegay in 14:05.92, the third-fastest time in historical past. Ethiopia’s Ejgayehu Taye rounded out the Diamond League 5,000m ultimate podium in 14:21.52. Kipyegon selected to run the 1,500m on Saturday and didn’t input the ladies’s 5,000m on the Prefontaine Vintage.
Tsegay had an up-and-down 2023 season, profitable the sector 10,000m identify in Budapest, then completing a disappointing thirteenth position on the earth 5,000m ultimate a number of days later.
That is the second one global file of Tsegay’s occupation. In 2021, she ran an indoor 1,500m global file of three:53.09 in northern France.