As the countdown for the Tokyo World Championship continues, we take a look at one of the rivalries at the competition in the women’s 5000m/10,000m race. The women’s long-distance rivalry of the 2000s and early 2010s was shaped by Ethiopia’s
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Korir, whose 2:02:44 victory last year was the second fastest time in the race’s history, showed his Chicago triumph was no fluke with a convincing win at the Boston Marathon earlier this year.
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Kipyegon contests the 3000m, six weeks on from improving her own world 1500m record in Eugene.
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Sabastian Sawe's challengers are set to include the defending champion Milkesa Mengesha of Ethiopia and Tanzanian record-holder Gabriel Geay.
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Between 1968 and 2016, Kenya won every Olympic title in the men’s 3000m steeplechase, achieving full podium sweeps in 1992 and 2004.
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Chebet passed 3000m in 8:22.96, 1.04 seconds inside the pace required for a sub-14-minute run.
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The multiple world record-holder had been aiming to break the four-minute barrier, or at least run faster than her official mile world record of 4:07.64, set two years ago in Monaco.
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Only Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay, with her world record of 14:00.21 set in Eugene in 2023, has ever gone faster.
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