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Kenyan runner breaks women’s 5K and 10K world records in same race

September 11, 2023

The 22-year-old Kenyan phenomenon, Agnes Ngetich, left the athletics world in awe over the weekend at the Transylvania 10K in Brasov, Romania, where she broke both the women-only 5K and 10K world records in a single race.

Ngetich took victory in the 10K with a sensational time of 29 minutes and 24 seconds. What’s even more incredible is her blistering pace as she blazed through the halfway mark in an astounding 14 minutes and 25 seconds, surpassing Ethiopia’sSenbere Teferi’s women-only record from 2021 by an impressive four seconds. Canadian Running