Jepkosgei smashes 10 km road world record

ByReuters

Published 09/09/2017 at 20:34 GMT

Sept 9 (Reuters) - Kenya's Joyciline Jepkosgei broke her own 10 km road world record in Prague on Saturday, becoming the first woman to run the distance under 30 minutes off the track.

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The 23-year-old ran 29 minutes 43 seconds at the Birell Prague Grand Prix to eclipse her previous record of 30:04 set in the Czech capital in April. "I'm so happy, I thank God for making me the winner today and... (breaking) the world record," Jepkosgei told Czech Television.

The current women's 10,000m world record is 29:17.45, a record which Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana set at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Track and road racing records are kept separately by the IAAF, the world’s governing body.

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Jepkosgei has now broken five records this year, having set new marks for the 10km, 15km, 20km and half-marathon at the Sportisimo Prague Half Marathon on April 1.

(Reporting by Neil Robinson, editing by Gene Cherry)

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