Kenyan clocks 14:13 at New Years Eve event in Barcelona to take six seconds off Ejgayehu Tayes mark

Beatrice Chebet ended 2023 in style with a world 5km record of 14:13 on the roads of Barcelona in the Cursa dels Nassos event on New Years Eve.

Runner-up was Ejgayehu Taye in 14:21 with Lilian Rengeruk third in 14:25.

Taye held the previous world 5km record with 14:19 from the same Cursa dels Nassos from 2021, although Tayes run two years ago came in a mixed gender race.

On Sunday (Dec 31) Chebets performance therefore not only beat Tayes mark but smashed the women-only world record of 14:29 which was set by Ethiopias Senbere Teferi in Herzogenaurach in September 2021.

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A stunning end to the 2023 athletics season as Beatrice Chebet smashes the world 5km record

The double world 5000m medallist and world 5km road running champion clocks 14:13 at Cursa dels Nassos in Barcelona

She takes six seconds off Ejgayehu Tayes mark pic.twitter.com/YMOJZ1cbTs

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World 1500m finalist Katie Snowden finished seventh in 15:23 to go No.10 on the UK all-time rankings.

The mens victory, meanwhile, went to Dominic Lobalu in 13:12.

Chebet, 23, is the reigning world cross-country champion and won the inaugural world 5km title in Riga in October the latter also just ahead of Rengeruk and Taye.

Emoció màxima en categoria femenina, Beatrice Chebet ha registrat el récord del món amb un temps de 14:12

ESPECTACULAR! pic.twitter.com/nQs4h63cUe

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Also in action on New Years Even was Marc Scott and Jess Warner-Judd as they won the Ribble Valley 10km in Lancashire.

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Scott enjoyed a duel with Emile Cairess before kicking clear in the final 100m to win in 28:47 while Warner-Judd was first woman home in 32:42.