On the final day of 2021, Ethiopia’s Berihu Aregawi and Ejegayehu Taye broke the men’s and women’s road 5K world records at the Cursa dels Nassos 5K in Barcelona. 🚨 WORLD RECORD 🚨 Berihu Aregawi 🇪🇹 runs 12:49 at @cursanassos to lower the existing men's 5k world record by two seconds! 🚨 WORLD RECORD 🚨 On the last day of 2021, Ejgayehu Taye 🇪🇹 runs 14:19 at @cursanassos to break the women's 5k world record (for a mixed race) by 24 seconds! pic.twitter.com/SphX0DecGg — World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) December 31, 2021Aregawi got his redemption after coming within one second of the world record last month in Lille, France (12:52). Although the course was certified, these records will still have to be reviewed and ratified by World Athletics in the coming months.

Source: Ethiopian News January 01, 2022 11:25 UTC