- Ethiopian eclipses Sifan Hassan on same Hengelo track
- Gidey now holds 5,000m and 10,000m world records
The extraordinary spate of athletics world records in the super spikes era continued on Tuesday as Letesenbet Gidey smashed the two-day-old women’s 10,000m best, set by Sifan Hassan on Sunday, by more than five seconds.
It was the latest in a long line of staggering performances in the game-changing technology, which is reckoned to improve performance by between half a second and a second a lap.
Written by Sean Ingle
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jun/08/letesenbet-gidey-breaks-two-day-old-10000m-world-record-in-super-spikes under the title “Letesenbet Gidey breaks two-day-old 10,000m world record in super spikes”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
