Athletics: Ngetich breaks women-only world 10km record in Brasov
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enya's Agnes Ngetich broke the women-only world 10km race record at the Transylvania 10km racing meet, clocking 29:24 at the World Athletics Elite Label road race held on Sunday as part of the Brasov Running Festival.
In an impressive solo running display, the 22-year-old showed her intent from the start and covered the first 5km in 14 minutes 25 seconds –- four seconds faster than the women-only world record for that distance.
She had a lead of 10 seconds ahead of her compatriot Catherine Reline at that point.
Racing on the loop course, Ngetich went on to pass 6.5km in 1854 and 8.5km in 2456 before crossing the finish line in 2924 to record the fastest ever 10km in a women-only race, improving on the 3001 set by the late Agnes Tirop in Herzogenaurach, Germany, in 2021.
As well as being the fastest women-only 10km, Ngetich's time is the third quickest by a woman in history, behind only the 2914 run by Ethiopia's Yalemzerf Yehualaw in a mixed race in Castellon last year and the 2919 Yehualaw clocked in Valencia earlier this year.
Reline held on to finish second in 3014, while Uganda's Joy Cheptoyek placed third in 3034.
The men's race was won by Weldon Langat, who completed a Kenyan double in 2705.
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✔️ Athletics: Ngetich breaks women-only world 10km record in Brasov
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