2020 NN Valencia World Record Day

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Which Of The 2020 World Records Is Best?

For a year in which both the world indoor championships and the Olympic Games were postponed, 2020 has seen its fair share of world records. (Of course, one could argue that those events being postponed aided in world record achievement, particularly in the cases of Joshua Cheptegei and Letesenbet Gidey.) A season with so much history has begged a question: which among these world records is the best?

Oct 12, 2020, Pro

Which Of The 2020 World Records Is Best?

Joshua Cheptegei Topples Bekele Again With 26:11 10,000m WR

For the second time in less than two months, 24-year-old Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei has taken a world record from Kenenisa Bekele. After breaking Bekele’s 5,000m record on August 14 in Monaco in 12:35.37, Cheptegei on Wednesday ran 26:11.00 in Valencia, Spain, to dismantle the 26:17.53 Bekele ran in 2005.

Oct 7, 2020

Joshua Cheptegei Topples Bekele Again With 26:11 10,000m WR

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Letesenbet Gidey Crushes Women's 5,000m WR In 14:06.62

22-year-old Letesenbet Gidey smashed fellow Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba’s 5,000m world record on Wednesday night in Valencia, Spain, by running 14:06.62. Gidey, running in the NN Valencia World Record Day, took down Dibaba’s 14:11.15 mark which had stood since 2008.

Oct 7, 2020

Letesenbet Gidey Crushes Women's 5,000m WR In 14:06.62

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