ALERT: Kenya’s Agnes Jebet Ngetich smashes 10km world record

Kenya’s Agnes Jebet Ngetich smashed the women’s 10km world road-race record by almost half a minute in Valencia on Sunday.

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The 22-year-old’s time of 28:46 bettered by 28 seconds the previous mark set by Ethiopia’s Yalemzerf Yehualaw two years ago.

Agnes Jebet Ngetich is the first woman to break 29 minutes for the distance.

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“I am happy that I ran a world record of 28 minutes. I didn’t expect this,” she said.

The men’s race was won by Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo in 26:48.

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Ngetich will now focus on the World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Belgrade, Serbia in March and then the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.