![]() With all of the attention on Cheptegei, Kiplimo managed to fly under the radar until his race. On Wednesday, she broke two minutes for the first time outdoors, winning the women’s race in Ostrava in 1:58.89, which is a new U20 European record. The 18-year-old opened her season in Austria in January with a U20 indoor 800m world record of 1:59.03 (which American Athing Mulowered a month later with a 1:58.40 run in Arkansas), and she followed that up with a win in the women’s 800m at the European Indoor Championships. Hodgkinson’s win wasn’t too much of a surprise, as she has had a tremendous season so far. RELATED: Canadians Brent Lakatos and Nate Riech post dominant results ahead of Tokyo Paralympics British domination He proceeded to slow considerably in the following few laps, though, and crossed the line far off the world record. Cheptegei opened the race on world record pace, and he passed through the first 1,600m in 3:55. QqV9NK4g9dīefore the run, Cheptegei’s agent, Jurrie van der Velden, told that this record could be the toughest one Cheptegei has tried to beat, and after he finished 13 seconds behind Komen’s time on Wednesday, that appears to be true. Joshua Cheptegei went out in 3:55 for his first 1600m, but faded late and ran 7:33.24 (still a small pb) to win the 3000 in Ostrava. He had already raced twice in 2021 ahead of Wednesday’s meet, and he was itching to add another record to his resume, so he targeted Kenyan Daniel Komen‘s 3,000m mark of 7:20.67, which has been the time to beat for 24 years.ĭaniel Komen's 7:20.67 world record for 3000 meters survives. Cheptegei falls shortĬheptegei had an incredible 2020 season that saw him run three world records (5K, 5,000m and 10,000m) in four races. Among these impressive performances were runs from teenaged Brits Max Burgin and Keely Hodgkinsonin the men’s and women’s 800m races and an amazing showing from Cheptegei’s compatriot Jacob Kiplimo in the 10,000m. Cheptegei ended up running to a disappointing finish, falling well short of the record, but the meet was far from uneventful, as several other athletes posted remarkable times. At last year’s Golden Spike Kiplimo won the 5000m in a PB of 12:48.63.All eyes were on Joshua Cheptegei ahead of Wednesday’s Ostrava Golden Spike meet in the Czech Republic, as the 24-year-old Ugandan was looking to break the 3,000m world record. He last raced the distance on the track in 2018, with his PB of 27:26.68 set when claiming world U20 bronze as a 15-year-old in 2016. Racing on the track for the first time in 2021 will be Uganda’s world half marathon champion Kiplimo, who will be aiming to secure the Olympic 10,000m qualification mark of 27:28.00. I feel it!” wrote Taylor when announced for the meeting in the Czech Republic. “Triple jump will be the event to watch this summer. ![]() Taylor, who set the Golden Spike meeting record of 17.57m in 2017, won at last year's event, leaping 17.46m to beat Zango by just 4cm. ![]() In Ostrava he will again take on the USA’s two-time Olympic and four-time world champion Taylor, who sits second on the world triple jump all-time list with his 18.21m leap from 2015. ![]() He started his outdoor season strongly, too, leaping a world-leading 17.40m in Montpellier on 8 May. Hugues Fabrice Zango, Christian Taylor and Jacob Kiplimo will be among the athletes competing in front of a 1500-strong crowd when the Golden Spike, a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting, takes place in Ostrava on 19 May.īurkina Faso’s Zango made triple jump history earlier this year when he became the first athlete to jump beyond 18 metres indoors with his 18.07m world indoor record in Aubiere. ![]()
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