Kenya’s Ngetich breaks record in women 10km race in Brasov

 

BRASOV, Romania – Kenya’s Agnes Ngetich has broke the women-only world 10km record at the Trunsylvania 10km, clocking 29:24 at the World Athletics Elite Label road race held today as part of the Brasov Running Festival in Romania.

While the men’s race was won by Weldon Langat, who completed a Kenyan double in 27:05.

 

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In an impressive solo running display, the 22-year-old Ngetich showed her intent from the start and covered the first 5km in 14:25 – 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 18:54 and 8.5km in 24:56 before crossing the finish line in 29:24 to record the fastest ever 10km in a women-only race, improving on the 30:01 set by the late Agnes Tirop in Herzogenaurach in 2021.

Ngetich’s time is the third-quickest by a woman in history, behind only the 29:14 run by Ethiopia’s Yalemzerf Yehualaw in a mixed race in Castellon last year and the 29:19 Yehualaw clocked in Valencia earlier this year.

Reline held on to finish second in 30:14, while Uganda’s Joy Cheptoyek placed third in 30:34.