Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay became the second woman to break the 5000m world record this year and nearly became the first woman to break 14 minutes in the event.
Tsegay, a world champion at 5000m (2022) and 10,000m (2023), clocked 14 minutes, 00.21 seconds at the Pre Classic in Eugene, Oregon. She took nearly five seconds off Kenyan Faith Kipyegon’s record of 14:05.20 set June 9.
Just over an hour later, Swede Mondo Duplantis broke the men’s pole vault world record for a seventh time.
The Olympic and world champion upped it by one centimeter to 6.23 meters (20 feet, 5 inches) on his 16th attempt at the height since taking the record to 6.22 meters on Feb. 25.
In the last three years, the women’s 5000m world record has been lowered 10.94 seconds combined by Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey, Kipyegon and now Tsegay.
