As many were getting ready to welcome in the New Year on Tuesday, Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet was busy breaking a world record.

Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet smashed the women's 5K world record with a time of 13 minutes, 54 seconds at the Cursa dels Nassos road race in Barcelona on Tuesday as she finished a blockbuster year on a high.

Kenya's Beatrice Chebet smashes the women's 5km world record to set a time of 13 minutes and 54 seconds at the Cursa dels Nassos road race in Barcelona.

According to World Athletics, Chebet was paced by Latvia’s Dmitrijs Sergonjins, who brought the two-time world cross-country champion through the 3km split in 8:24. By the time she hit this mark, Chebet was eight seconds inside world record pace and well clear of her competitors.

Beatrice Chebet smashed the women's 5-kilometer world record with a time of 13 minutes, 54 seconds at the Cursa dels Nassos road race in Barcelona as she finished a blockbuster year on a high.

Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet smashed the women's 5km world record with a time of 13 minutes 54 seconds at the Cursa dels Nassos road race in Barcelona on Tuesday as she finished a blockbuster year on a high.

Everyone wants to end their year on a high – and this was certainly the case for two-time Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet, who closed out her stellar 2024 as the fastest-ever woman to run 5K.

Olympic 5000m and 10,000m champion Beatrice Chebet ended her year on a high by running a stunning 13:54* to shatter The post Kenya’s Chebet smashes world 5km record with 13:54 in Barcelona first appeared on Africa Top Sports.