New world records of the old year
On the eve of the international athletics tournament, which was held in Barcelona, world records were set for men and women at 5 km distance.
Note that both records belong to young Ethiopian runners. 21-year-old Ejegayehu Taye, in her second participation in international tournaments, in the women's part of the competition with a result of 14:19 minutes, updated the world record. During the season, she also showed Ethiopia's best result in the 3000 meters program with a score of 8:19.52.
20-year-old Berihu Aregavi became the author of a new record with a result of 12:49 minutes among men in the 5000 meter distance. Aregawi was able to improve Kenyan Joshua Cheptegei's score by 1 second. The representative of Kenya demonstrated the best achievement in 5 km at the tournament, which was held in Lille last month. Thus, he managed to finish 2021 in excellent athletic shape.
