Joshua Cheptegui knocks six seconds off men's 10,000m record Letesenbet Gidey takes four seconds off women's 5,000m time Two world records were smashed within an astonishing hour in Spain on Wednesday as Nike's controversial track spikes again proved a gamechanger for athletics. The meeting in Valencia had been billed as "World Record Day" by organisers and it quickly delivered as the 22-year-old Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey obliterated the women's 5,000m record held by Tirunesh Dibaba by more tha...
Cheptegui and Gidey smash world track records using controversial spikes
The Guardian - 8 Oct 2020 00:18
Joshua Cheptegui knocks six seconds off men's 10,000m record Letesenbet Gidey takes four seconds off women's 5,000m time Two world records were smashed within an astonishing hour in Spain on Wednesday as Nike's controversial track spikes again proved a gamechanger for athletics. The meeting in Valencia had been billed as "World Record Day" by organisers and it quickly delivered as the 22-year-old Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey obliterated the women's 5,000m record held by Tirunesh Dibaba by more tha...
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