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There are no world records in horrible conditions in the Netherlands, as Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon is nowhere near the 1000 meter mark.
There was no world record at the FBK After Summer Competition in Hengelo, The Netherlands, on Saturday (October 10) as cloudy, cold and rainy weather prevented Faith kipyegon Y Sifan Hassan | to achieve your target fast times.
Hassan, the two-time world champion, broke the 10,000m European record when he crossed the line in 29: 36.67 hitting By Paula Radcliffe continental record of 30: 01.09 set in Munich in 2002.
He then said: “I am very happy to have achieved a new European record, especially a record that has been held for so long by such a strong athlete like Paula.
“It was a very difficult race today because of the cold and rain. I felt very strong today and I wanted a little better conditions, but this record gives me a lot of confidence.”
The Dutch runner was inside the world record halfway, running the first 5000 meters in 14:37.
He had the ‘Wavelight’ technology to help her with the pacemaker, but deteriorating conditions caused her to fall behind her goal.
That means By Almaz Ayana The 29: 17.45 mark from the 2016 Rio final remains intact.
Hassan ended up a long way from Ethiopia. Tsehay Gemechu which ranked second in 30: 57.73.
The 27-year-old was aiming to set her second world record in the space of a few weeks after breaking the one-hour world record that is rarely run in Brussels in September.
Hassan, who also holds the world record for the one mile 5km route, covered 18,930km, beating the previous world record of 18,517km.
Now he heads to Poland where he will make his debut in the Half Marathon World Championship in Gdynia on October 17.
Reigning Olympic Champion 1500m Kipyegon was denied in his attempt to By Svetlana Masterkova 24-year 1000-meter world record of 2: 28.98.
The Kenyan was fine outside, dialing 2: 32.82 on his third attempt this season.
He was just 0.17 seconds behind the Russian mark in the Monaco Diamond League on August 14 and also passed 2:30 in Brussels last month.
The 1000m record is one of two long-standing middle distance women’s world records with Jarmila Kratochvilova 800m mark of 1: 53.28 standing since 1983.
The men’s 5,000 meters was announced as a clash between 2019 world silver medalist Yomif Kejelcha and Australian Stewart McSweyn.
It was the Ethiopian who prevailed, scoring 13: 12.84 with McSweyn just over three seconds behind.
They were very far from Joshua Cheptegei world record of 12: 35.36 set in the Monaco Diamond League in August.
This week alone, the Ugandan made more history by breaking Kenenisa Bekele’s world record of 10,000 meters in Valencia.
