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Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei smashes 5,000 metres world record at Monaco Diamond League – ABC News
Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei breaks Kenenisa Bekele’s 16-year-old 5,000 metres world record by almost 2 seconds as athletics returns with a bang at the Monaco Diamond League meet.
Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei produced a brilliant display of solo running to break Kenenisa Bekele’s 16-year-old 5,000 metres world record by almost 2 seconds as athletics returned with a bang in Monaco.
- Cheptegei took 2 seconds off Kenenisa Bekele’s 2004 mark
- The Ugandan had predicted he would set a world record at the meet
- Noah Lyles beat his brother to win the 200 metres
Cheptegei, 23, had predicted a world record run at the Diamond League meeting and deliver…
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