It was also the first official world record for the world 10,000m champion and very much set the tone for the rest of his year.īehind Cheptegei, Frenchman Jimmy Gressier set a European record of 13:18. The 24-year-old Ugandan sliced a massive 27 seconds off Kipruto’s time with 12:51, the first sub-13-minute road 5km in history.
Kipruto’s record last just four weeks, however, as Joshua Cheptegei took the mark to a whole new level in Monaco. Just 12 days into the year, world 10,000m bronze medallist Rhonex Kipruto took down fellow Kenyan Robert Keter’s mark of 13:22 in Valencia, clocking 13:18 for 5km en route to his 10km world record of 26:24. The men’s 5km road world record was well and truly rewritten in 2020.
The series continues today with a review of the road and cross-country action. As this extraordinary year draws to a close, we look back at the key moments of 2020 in each area of the sport.
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