23 January 2001 Monte Carlo - The IAAF has officially ratified two world record performances in the women’s 3000 metre steeplechase by Romania’s Cristina Iloc-Casandra during the 2000 season.
The Romanian athlete set her first mark of 9:43.64 in Bucharest on 7 August and went on to improve the time to 9:40.20 in Reims on 30 August.
The previous world record of 9:48.88 belonged to Yelena Motalova of Russia and had been set in Tula on 31 July 1999. This was the inaugural world record in the event, being the best performance recorded prior to 1 January 2000, the date of entry of this event into the list of Official IAAF records.