Ethiopia’s Ejegayehu Taye and Berihu Aregawi broke the world’s 5km records at the Cursa dels Nassos in Barcelona on Friday, clocking 14:18 and 12:50 respectively. Twenty-year-old Aregawi, meanwhile, had come within one second of Joshua Cheptegei’s world record in Lille last month, so was keen to take another crack at the mark before the year was out to ensure he could end 2021 on a high. With the women and men starting at the same time, Taye was able to use some of the men in the field as pacemakers, according to World Athletics. Aregawi had a pacemaker for company for the first kilometre or so, but after then was out on his own. The Diamond League 5000m champion stormed through the finish line in 12:50, taking one second off Cheptegei’s world record.

Source: Ethiopian News December 31, 2021 19:41 UTC