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The Independent
08-08-2025
- Sport
- The Independent
Jakob Ingebrigtsen suffers injury setback to cast doubt on World Championships
Reigning world and Olympic 5000m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen will miss this month's Diamond League meetings in Poland and Belgium as he bids to recover from injury in time for next month's World Championships. The 24-year-old was set to run in the 1500m events in Silesia and Brussels on 16 and 22 August, but he has pulled out after and previously missing both the Ostrava Golden Spike and Oslo Bislett Games in June as well as the London Diamond League meet in July. He last competed at the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March, where he won gold in both the 1500m and 3,000m events. Ingebrigtsen's spokesperson Espen Skoland said that the Norwegian is recovering from an Achilles issue, adding that 'he is still working on getting rid of the injury' and 'would very much have liked to be able to participate'. Though he has resumed training – spending recent weeks training in St Moritz, Switzerland – his absence from the Diamond League meetings means that his participation in September's World Championships is now in doubt, though the reigning 5000m will no doubt be desperate to defend his title in Tokyo. Though no official timeline has been provided for his return, the Norwegian has previously said that his goal was to compete in Japan. Ingebrigtsen has qualified for the 5000m eventas a reigning champion, while he also landed a place in the 1500m event with a time of 3:27.83 at last year's Lausanne Diamond League. Though he won gold in the former in 2023, he came second to long-time rival Josh Kerr in the 1500m in Budapest. The World Championships begin on 13 September and will be held in Tokyo, with stars including Noah Lyles, Armando Duplantis and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone competing to for world titles at the National Stadium.
Yahoo
06-08-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Kerr confirms sights set on Glasgow 2026
Josh Kerr says he is planning for a "very special" Commonwealth Games after confirming he intends to race in Glasgow next summer. The Olympic silver medalist and current world champion from Edinburgh revealed he is targeting the home event on the back of coasting to victory in the 5,000m at the UK Athletics Championships. Last week marked the one year to go mark for the Games to return to Scotland, 11 years after the city last hosted the event. "Of course the Commonwealths are in my plans and on my mind for next year," said Kerr. "Racing for Team Scotland would be a big deal for me and I feel very lucky we have the Commonwealth Games again coming to the UK. It is going to be in Glasgow and that can be very special. "It is a big part of my calendar for 2026 and I will look forward to that. The Europeans are in Birmingham a couple of weeks later." The 28-year-old is currently preparing for his 1500m title defence at the World Championships in September. And Kerr, who eased to victory over the weekend, says he is keen to give a better account of himself at next year's Games compared to Birmingham three years ago. The Scot finished 12th in the 1500m, and said: "Last time around, here in Birmingham, it was not a fantastic experience or effort from me - there were lots of reasons for that in the summer of 2022. "But my job is to perform consistently - and do that for everyone watching and for myself."
Malay Mail
06-07-2025
- Sport
- Malay Mail
Kenya's Beatrice Chebet smashes 5,000m world record — first woman under 14 minutes
EUGENE, July 6 — Kenya's double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet crushed the women's 5,000m world record yesterday, powering to victory in 13min 58.06sec at the Diamond League athletics meeting in Eugene, Oregon. Chebet, Olympic gold medallist at 5,000 and 10,000m in Paris last year, delivered a devastating finish to become the first woman to break the 14-minute barrier in the event, beating the previous world record of 14:00.21 set by Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay on the same Hayward Field track in September 2023. Chebet, 25, had already broken the 10,000m world record at Hayward Field in May of 2024, when she became the first woman to run under 29 minutes (28:54.14). Compatriot Agnes Jebet Ngetich was second in 14:01.29 — the third-fastest time ever — and Tsegay was third in 14:04.41. Chebet was under world-record pace for much of the way. She, Tsegay and Ngetich had broken away from the rest of the field when the pace faded slightly a few laps from the finish. But Chebet mustered a final flourish — delivering an incredible last lap to pull away mercilessly for the triumph and the world record. 'I'm so happy,' Chebet said, adding that she had been inspired by her own strong performance in Rome last month and compatriot Faith Kipyegon's unsuccessful bid to become the first woman to break four minutes for the mile. 'After running in Rome, I said I have to prepare for a record because in Rome I was just running to win a race, but after running 14:03, I said that I'm capable of running a world record. 'When I was coming here to Eugene, I was coming to prepare to run a world record, and I said I have to try. I said 'If Faith is trying, why not me?' 'And today, I'm so happy because I've achieved being the first woman to run under 14. I'm so happy for myself.' — AFP
France 24
05-07-2025
- Sport
- France 24
Kenyans Chebet, Kipyegon light up Eugene Diamond League with world records
Chebet, Olympic gold medallist at 5,000 and 10,000m in Paris last year, delivered a devastating finish to become the first woman to break the 14-minute barrier in the 5,000. The 25-year-old said she was inspired by her own strong showing in Rome last month, and by Kipyegon's ambitious but ultimately unsuccessful bid to become the first woman to break four minutes for the mile just over a week ago in Paris. "In Rome I was just running to win a race, but after running 14:03, I said that I'm capable of running a world record," she said. "When I was coming here to Eugene, I was coming to prepare to run a world record, and I said I have to try. I said 'If Faith is trying, why not me?'" The leading group of Chebet, Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay and Kenyan Agnes Jebet Ngetich had fallen off world record pace with several laps remaining, but Chebet mustered a last mighty kick on the final lap. Jebet Ngetich was second in 14:01.29 and Tsegay -- who set the previous world record of 14:00.21 on the same Hayward Field track in September 2023 -- was third in 14:04.41. Kipyegon, the three-time reigning Olympic champion, won the 1,500m in 3:48.68, improving on the record of 3:49.04 she set in July 2024. The 31-year-old Kenyan was running her first 1,500m the season, having come up short in her bid for mile history in a special event in Paris. Ethiopia's Diribe Welteji finished second in 3:51.44, overhauling Australia's Olympic silver medallist Jessica Hull, who had stuck to Kipyegon until the final lap but settled for third in 3:52.67. Thompson triumphs in 100m With the World Championships looming in Tokyo on September 13-21, Jamaica's Kishane Thompson and American Melissa Jefferson-Wooden continued their stellar sprint campaigns with 100m victories. Olympic silver medallist Thompson clocked 9.85sec to win the men's 100m, confidently following up on his blistering 9.75sec at the Jamaican national trials that made him the sixth-fastest man all-time at the distance. Thompson easily out-paced Britain's Zharnel Hughes (9.91) and American Trayvon Bromell (9.94) and said the race was another learning experience as he gears up for an expected world title tilt against American Noah Lyles -- who bested him by just .005sec for Olympic gold in Paris. "I'm the only one that can stop me," Thompson said. "I don't say that to brag but to be honest. Once I better my execution, amazing things are going to happen." Jefferson-Wooden outdueled Olympic gold medallist Julien Alfred in the women's 100m, holding off the Saint Lucia star to win in 10.75sec -- just outside her season-leading 10.73 set at the Philadelphia Grand Slam Track event. Alfred was second in 10.77 and Ivorian Marie-Josee Ta Lou was third in 10.90. American Sha'Carri Richardson, who revealed this week that an injury in February had slowed her season start, finished ninth and last in 11.19sec, a slight improvement on her only previous 100m of the season, an 11.47 at Tokyo in May. Sweden's two-time Olympic champion Armand "Mondo" Duplantis won the pole vault with a leap of 6.00m. Duplantis finished comfortably ahead of Americans Sam Kendricks and Austin Miller, who took second and third with clearances of 5.80m, but he came up empty on three attempts to better the world record of 6.28m that he set in Stockholm three weeks ago. In addition to records, there were a string of world-leading performances. Rising Ethiopian talent Biniam Mehary, 18, won the 10,000m in 26:43.82. Botswana's Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo won the 200m in 19.76sec and Bahrain's Olympic champion Winfred Yavi threatened the world record on the way to a world-leading 8:45.25 in the 3,000m steeplechase. Rudy Winkler set an American record in winning the hammer with a throw of 83.16m, American Joe Kovacs won the shot put with a thow of 22.48 and Olympic long jump gold medallist Tara Davis-Woodhall equalled the season's best with a leap of 7.07m.
France 24
05-07-2025
- Sport
- France 24
Kenya's Beatrice Chebet shatters women's 5,000m world record
Chebet, Olympic gold medallist at 5,000 and 10,000m in Paris last year, delivered a devastating finish to become the first woman to break the 14-minute barrier in the event, beating the previous world record of 14:00.21 set by Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay on the same Hayward Field track in September 2023. Chebet, 25, had already broken the 10,000m world record at Hayward Field in May of 2024, when she became the first woman to run under 29 minutes (28:54.14). Compatriot Agnes Jebet Ngetich was second in 14:01.29 -- the third-fastest time ever -- and Tsegay was third in 14:04.41. Chebet was under world-record pace for much of the way. She, Tsegay and Ngetich had broken away from the rest of the field when the pace faded slightly a few laps from the finish. But Chebet mustered a final flourish -- delivering an incredible last lap to pull away mercilessly for the triumph and the world record. "I'm so happy," Chebet said, adding that she had been inspired by her own strong performance in Rome last month and compatriot Faith Kipyegon's unsuccessful bid to become the first woman to break four minutes for the mile. "After running in Rome, I said I have to prepare for a record because in Rome I was just running to win a race, but after running 14:03, I said that I'm capable of running a world record. "When I was coming here to Eugene, I was coming to prepare to run a world record, and I said I have to try. I said 'If Faith is trying, why not me?' "And today, I'm so happy because I've achieved being the first woman to run under 14. I'm so happy for myself."
