{"id":12903,"date":"2025-05-25T20:14:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T20:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/?p=12903"},"modified":"2025-05-25T21:55:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T21:55:04","slug":"chebet-breaks-series-record-in-rabat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/chebet-breaks-series-record-in-rabat\/","title":{"rendered":"Chebet breaks Diamond League record in Rabat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nine months on from becoming the Olympic 5000m and 10,000m champion in Paris, Kenya\u2019s Beatrice Chebet dropped down in distance to become the second-fastest women\u2019s 3000m runner of all time at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Rabat on Sunday (25).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 25-year-old won a race against the pace lights set for 8:15.00, kicking on the final lap to cross the finish line in 8:11.56 \u2013 an African and Wanda Diamond League record that moves her to No.2 on the world all-time list. Only China\u2019s Wang Junxia with her world record of 8:06.11 from 1993 has ever gone faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chebet, world record-holder for the 10,000m and road 5km, tucked herself behind the two pacemakers from the start. With two minutes on the clock, a lead group of three behind the pacemakers had already been established, but Chebet didn\u2019t have company for long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Winnie Nanyondo took them through 1000m in 2:44.47, the pace dropped ever so slightly and Chebet reached 2000m in 5:30.51. She was running at the back of the pace lights with two laps to go but was right on the rhythm at the bell. Kicking again, Chebet left the lights behind and powered over the finish line in 8:11.56.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 500\/281\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2F9IOWpTonjbc%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=500&#038;video_height=281)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rabat 2025 - Short Highlights - Wanda Diamond League\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9IOWpTonjbc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She won by more than 14 seconds but showing the great standard, Nadia Battocletti\u2019s 8:26.27 for second place was still an Italian record, while Ireland\u2019s Sarah Healy set a PB of 8:27.02 to finish third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am so happy,\u201d said Chebet. \u201cI was not preparing for a world record attempt, I just came to run my personal best and that\u2019s what I did. I just have to believe in myself and then maybe after some months or years, that world record will come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAfter a few laps I realised I was on my own, but I kept pushing myself to show everyone what I can do. I really like this distance \u2013 it\u2019s nothing like a 5000m or 10,000m, it\u2019s something completely different and I am also good at it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 500\/281\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FG1BbymKjI_k%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=500&#038;video_height=281)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;The world record is possible!&quot; - Beatrice Chebet on 3000m record in Rabat- Wanda Diamond League\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G1BbymKjI_k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Soufiane El Bakkali was another of the six Olympic champions from Paris in action and he received great home support from the Meeting International Mohammed VI d&#8217;Athletisme de Rabat crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the two-time world and Olympic champion\u2019s victory in the 3000m steeplechase never looked under threat, the race did finish in thrilling style. As El Bakkali secured the win in a world lead of 8:00.70, European fourth-place finisher Frederik Ruppert chased him over the finish line in 8:01.49 to take almost eight seconds off the German record. Kenya\u2019s 17-year-old world U20 champion Edmund Serem was third in a PB of 8:07.47.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bol starts in style, Masalela makes statement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>World champion Femke Bol has tweaked her technique since her last 400m hurdles race eight months ago and, using a new race start, she achieved her fastest ever season opener by far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dutch multiple Olympic medallist set a meeting record of 52.46 with a dominant run that saw her win by more than a second. Jamaica\u2019s Andrenette Knight was runner-up in 53.90.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI felt good in training, but a real race is always different so it\u2019s good to be back after a long time without competitions and to test myself again,\u201d said Bol. \u201cI changed my step rhythm between the hurdles and I didn\u2019t have any problems with it during the race. I had the feeling that it went smoothly but my coach will probably have seen some points of improvement, like maybe the fifth and sixth hurdles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 500\/281\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2Fy3hjlPAjpko%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=500&#038;video_height=281)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Femke Bol opens title defence with MEETING RECORD in Rabat 400m hurdles - Wanda Diamond League 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y3hjlPAjpko?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Botswana\u2019s Tshepiso Masalela celebrated his 26th birthday by securing a statement win in the 800m. The pacemaker hit 400m in 49.99, followed by Masalela and Great Britain\u2019s Max Burgin, before Masalela took over. The world and Olympic finalist kicked away from his rivals and strode over the finish line in a world-leading meeting record and PB of 1:42.70, adding this victory to the win he claimed in Doha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Burgin also set a PB, clocking 1:43.34 for the runner-up spot, while Kenya\u2019s Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi came through for third in 1:43.37.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The women\u2019s 800m was won by Ethiopia\u2019s Tsige Duguma as she narrowly held off her successor as world indoor champion, South Africa\u2019s Prudence Sekgodiso, 1:57.42 to 1:57.52.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>USA\u2019s Jonah Koech secured the biggest 1500m win of his career so far, using a strong finish to triumph after a tactical battle. Azeddine Habz of France had taken control of the race but began to tire down the home straight and he had no response when Koech timed his kick to perfection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Koech improved the meeting record with a big PB of 3:31.43 and he was followed by Kenya\u2019s Reynold Cheruiyot and Festus Lagat who respectively clocked 3:31.78 and 3:32.06 \u2013 a PB for the latter. Habz finished fourth in 3:32.25. Kenya\u2019s Nelly Chepchirchir won the women\u2019s 1500m in 3:58.04.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the sprints, South Africa\u2019s Akani Simbine maintained his superb start to the season by adding to a win streak that includes victories in Xiamen and Shaoxing\/Keqiao, getting another Diamond League triumph in Rabat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This time the world indoor 60m bronze medallist ran 9.95 (0.6m\/s) after chasing down the fast-starting African record-holder Ferdinand Omanyala of Kenya who held on for the runner-up spot in 10.05. USA\u2019s 2022 world champion Fred Kerley was third in 10.07 and he went on to match that position in a 200m won by USA\u2019s Courtney Lindsey in 20.04 (0.4m\/s). Joseph Fahnbulleh finished fast to secure the runner-up spot in 20.12 ahead of Kerley (20.16).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 500\/281\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2F6zTMCEZGwYU%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=500&#038;video_height=281)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Akani Simbine BEATS Kerley and Tebogo to claim third win of season - Wanda Diamond League 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6zTMCEZGwYU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After finishing second in the 200m in Xiamen, Jamaica\u2019s two-time world 200m champion Shericka Jackson started her 100m season with a win, clocking 11.04 (0.2m\/s) to win by 0.04 ahead of Maia McCoy, while Nigeria\u2019s Tobi Amusan improved the meeting record to 12.45 to triumph in the 100m hurdles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>USA\u2019s world leader Jacory Patterson fought all the way to the finish line and was rewarded with 400m victory as he passed a tiring Zakithi Nene and dipped for victory &#8211; 44.37 to 44.46. Olympic champion Quincy Hall was third in 44.90.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The men\u2019s shot put came down to a thrilling conclusion and in the end USA\u2019s Payton Otterdahl and Jamaica\u2019s Olympic bronze medallist Rajindra Campbell were separated by just two centimetres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Otterdahl, back in action just three days after his win at the Continental Tour Gold meeting in Zagreb, led with his opening throw of 21.83m before Campbell launched himself ahead with 21.95m in the fifth round. Otterdahl wasn\u2019t done, however, and he responded with a world-leading 21.97m in the sixth and final round to clinch victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>World champion Katie Moon cleared 4.73m to win the pole vault before taking three attempts at 4.80m, while Olympic champion Hamish Kerr cliched victory in the high jump on countback thanks to his perfect scorecard up to the winning height of 2.25m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elina Tzengko made it three out of three when it comes to Diamond League wins this season in the javelin, throwing 64.60m to triumph ahead of Adriana Vilagos (63.25m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 500\/281\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FG_YUL-zY4Ko%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=500&#038;video_height=281)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hamish Kerr claims first DL win of the season in Rabat high jump - Wanda Diamond League 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G_YUL-zY4Ko?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenyan distance star Beatrice Chebet clocked a new African and Diamond League record at the...","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":12904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1144,1131],"tags":[1096,219,1212,6,380,686,624],"city":[1213],"class_list":["post-12903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rabat","category-report","tag-1096","tag-3000m","tag-beatrice-chebet","tag-diamond-league","tag-diamond-league-record","tag-report","tag-wanda","city-rabat"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12903"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12912,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12903\/revisions\/12912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12903"},{"taxonomy":"city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/city?post=12903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}