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Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet broke the women’s world 5km record at the Cursa dels Nassos road race in Barcelona.<\/b><\/p>\n
The 23-year-old crossed the line in 14 minutes 13 seconds, beating Ethiopian Senbere Teferi’s women-only record by 16 seconds.<\/p>\n
Chebet also finished six seconds faster than the women’s world record in a mixed race, set by Ethiopia’s Ejgayehu Taye at the 2021 Cursa dels Nassos.<\/p>\n
Taye, 23, was second in the race and Kenya’s Lilian Rengeruk, 26, third.<\/p>\n
The win completed a successful year for Chebet, who won the world cross-country title Bathurst in February before claiming the inaugural world 5km title in Riga in October. <\/p>\n
She also won bronze in the 5,000m at the World Championships in Budapest in August.<\/p>\n
Britain’s Katie Snowden and Holly Dixon finished seventh and 10th respectively.<\/p>\n
The men’s race was won by 25-year-old Dominic Lobalu of South Sudan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n