Beatrice Chepkoech broke the world 5km record at the Monaco Run on Sunday (14), clocking 14:43*.
When Joshua Cheptegei made history to wipe 1.99 seconds from Kenenisa Bekele’s world 5000m record in Monaco in August, it generated an outpouring of ecstasy in a mild-mannered Dutchman situated some 9000 kilometres away in Uganda.
Double European champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen took nine seconds off the Norwegian 5km road record on Wednesday (20), clocking 13:28 in a low-key race in Stavanger.
Rhonex Kipruto’s world records over 5km (13:18) and 10km (26:24), as well as Sasha Zhoya’s world indoor U20 60m hurdles record of 7.34 have been ratified.
Dalilah Muhammad's world 400m hurdles record of 52.16 and Yaroslava Mahuchikh's world U20 high jump records of 2.02m and 2.04m, all set at the World Athletics Championships Doha 2019, have now been ratified, along with Joshua Cheptegei's world 10km record of 26:38* and Edward Cheserek's 5km world record-equalling run of 13:29.
Robert Keter’s world 5km record of 13:22 has been ratified.
Julien Wanders of Switzerland and Sifan Hassan from The Netherlands raced to world record* performances at the inaugural 5km Herculis in Monaco on Sunday (17).
Ethiopians Tamirat Tola and Netsanet Gudeta collected their second victories each at the 44th edition of the Boclassic in Bolzano, Italy, on Monday (31).
World cross-country champion Agnes Tirop and world cross-country bronze medallist Muktar Edris triumphed at the Boclassic Sylvesterlauf in Bolzano on a sunny but cold afternoon on New Year’s Eve (31).
Kenya’s Emily Chebet got her hat-trick of wins at the annual Freihofer’s Run for Women, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, winning the 5km race in 15:38 on Saturday (30).
Two-time world cross-country champion Emily Chebet will be going for her third win at the Freihofer’s Run for Women 5K in Albany, upstate New York, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, on Saturday (30).