Kipyegon revolutionizes athletics: New world records in Eugene!

Kipyegon revolutionizes athletics: New world records in Eugene!

In a spectacular competition in Eugene, Oregon, the Kenyan runners have caused a sensation again. Faith Kipyegon put a new world record over the mile and thus underlined its dominance in athletics. According to Kleine Zeitung It was already your third best in two years about her paradedist dance. Last week she had made a failed attempt in Paris to undercut the four-minute limit over the mile (1,609 m), which caused additional pressure.

Kipyegon, the three -time Olympic champion and mother of a six -year -old daughter, once again demonstrated her skills by undercut the record of Gudaf Tsegay by 2.15 seconds. Until then, Tsegay held the record over 5,000 m with a time of 14: 00.21 minutes, which she had set up in Eugene in 2023.

extraordinary achievements

It is particularly noteworthy that Chebet, which is called Kipyegon's "best friend", also showed an outstanding performance. She won over 10,000 m and was able to leave the old record of Tsegay loosely behind. Chebet, who won Olympic gold over both distances last year, consolidated her status as one of the fastest runners in the world. These successes are no coincidence, because in Paris, Kipyegon set up a world record over 5,000 m of 14: 05.20 minutes under special conditions and was the first woman to keep the records over 1,500 m and 5,000 m at the same time, reports Runners World .

Winfred Yavi from Bahrain was close to breaking her own record. In the 3,000 m obstacle race, she achieved the third best value of all time with a time of 8: 45.25 minutes and only missed Beatrice Chepkoech's world record by about a second. The course of the American Melissa Jefferson, who won the 100 m in 10.75 seconds with a strong headwind of 1.5 m/s. She prevailed against the gold medalist of Paris, Julien Alfred.

record -breaking events

The past competition-intensive days showed how high the level in international athletics sports is. In Paris, three global records were set up in various running competitions, including Jakob's world record time over two miles, which is now 7: 54.10 minutes. This illustrates how the new generation of running shoes and training methods contributes to the drawing up of such records, as well as Taschenhirn explained.