{"id":15623,"date":"2025-07-05T22:19:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T22:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/?p=15623"},"modified":"2025-07-05T23:19:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T23:19:13","slug":"chebet-and-kipyegon-break-world-records-in-eugene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/chebet-and-kipyegon-break-world-records-in-eugene\/","title":{"rendered":"Chebet and Kipyegon break world records in Eugene"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Prefontaine Classic celebrated its 50th anniversary in style on Saturday as Faith Kipyegon and Beatrice Chebet both broke world records at the ninth leg of the 2025 Wanda Diamond League in Eugene. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chebet clocked 13:58.06 in the women&#8217;s 5000m, becoming the first woman to go under 14 minutes and breaking Gudaf Tsegay&#8217;s previous best of 14:00.21, which was set in the same stadium at the Wanda Diamond League Final in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An hour and a half later, her compatriot Kipyegon made it a Kenyan world record double with an astonishing 3:48.68 in the 1500m, shaving a third of a second off her own previous world record. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kipyegon has now broken a world record five times at Diamond League meetings over the past three seasons, while Chebet has done so twice in Eugene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Returning to the site of her 10,000m world record at last year&#8217;s Prefontaine Classic,  was tracked for most of the race by Tsegay and Agnes Jebet Ngetich.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They operated at world record pace from the outset with the first 1000m covered in 2:47.07. The second pacemaker led the field through 2000m in 5:35.37 and dropped out soon after, by which point Chebet, Tsegay and Ngetich had broken away from the rest of the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chebet passed 3000m in 8:22.96, 1.04 seconds inside the pace required for a sub-14-minute run. The pace dropped slightly for the next kilometre as 4000m was reached in 11:14.12, but Chebet had saved something for the closing stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She kicked hard with 200 metres to go. Tsegay\u2019s challenge began to fade and she was soon passed by Ngetich, but Chebet was away and clear and crossed the line in 13:58.06, taking 2.15 seconds off Tsegay\u2019s world record. Ngetich took second place in 14:01.29, the third-fastest time in history, and Tsegay placed third in 14:04.41.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m so happy to become the first woman to run under 14 minutes,&#8221; said Chebet. &#8220;After Rome (where she ran 14:03.69), I knew that I was capable of running a world record. I told myself, &#8216;if Faith is trying for a world record in Eugene, why not me too?'&#8221;<\/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%2F5DHqPolrVKc%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=500&#038;video_height=281)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Beatrice Chebet goes under 14 MINUTES with 5000m WORLD RECORD in Eugene - Wanda Diamond League 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5DHqPolrVKc?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>Just 80 minutes after Chebet&#8217;s record-breaking run, Kenyan compatriot and fellow Olympic gold medallist Faith Kipyegon re-entered the record books herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The multiple world and Olympic champion had made history of sorts last week by producing the fastest mile performance in history, albeit in an unofficial and unratifiable exhibition event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, however, there was no doubt over the authenticity of Kipyegon\u2019s performance as she took 0.36 off the record she set in Paris last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kipyegon tracked the pacemaker closely through 400m (1:01.61) and 800m (2:03.17), but she had Olympic silver medallist Jessica Hull for company. The Australian was still just a stride or two behind Kipyegon going into the final lap, but the multiple world record-holder kicked hard on the back straight to break free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was no catching Kipyegon as she charged down the home straight, crossing the line in 3:48.68 to win by almost three seconds. Ethiopia\u2019s Diribe Welteji came through for second (3:51.44) ahead of Hull (3:52.67) and Olympic bronze medallist Georgia Hunter Bell (3:54.76).<\/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:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/tm1XUlPSQSA\/maxresdefault.webp)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Faith Kipyegon breaks own WORLD RECORD in Eugene 1500m - Wanda Diamond League 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tm1XUlPSQSA?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>There was very nearly another world record in a distance event, thanks to Winfred Yavi in the women\u2019s 3000m steeplechase, but the world and Olympic steeplechase champion had to be content with a meeting record of 8:45.25 \u2013 the third-fastest performance in history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bahraini athlete had positioned herself behind Uganda\u2019s Peruth Chemutai for most of the way as the 2021 Olympic champion went through 1000m in 2:56.61 and 2000m in 5:55.39. But Yavi made her presence known in the closing stages and opened up an unassailable lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She almost collapsed over the finish line in 8:45.25, less than a second shy of the world record, as Kenya\u2019s Faith Cherotich came through for second place in 8:48.71 ahead of Chemutai (8:51.77). For the first time ever, five women finished inside nine minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Records tumble on day of big throws<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Meeting records, world leads and Diamond League records were broken in almost every throwing event on the programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The men\u2019s hammer, the very first discipline on the programme, set the tone for the day. Rudy Winkler unleashed a third-round throw of 83.16m to break his own US record and the Diamond League record, ending Ethan Katzberg\u2019s winning streak in the process. The world and Olympic champion from Canada was second with 81.73m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Little more than an hour later, world and Olympic champion Camryn Rogers broke the Diamond League record in the women\u2019s event, sending her hammer out to 78.88m in the fourth round to beat US duo Brooke Andersen (76.95m) and DeAnna Price (75.35m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two-time world champion Chase Jackson came within a centimetre of her recent US record to win the women\u2019s shot put with a meeting record of 20.94m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first time since the 1988 Olympic final, five women threw beyond 20 metres. World indoor champion Sarah Mitton was second with 20.39m ahead of USA\u2019s Jaida Ross (20.13m), New Zealand\u2019s Maddison-Lee Wesche (20.06m) and European champion Jessica Schilder (20.03m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The men\u2019s event also proved to be one of the highest standard shot put contests in history; for the first time ever, five men threw beyond 22 metres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two-time world champion Joe Kovacs won with a world-leading 22.48m ahead of US compatriot Roger Steen (22.11m) and Nigeria\u2019s Chuku Enekwechi, who set an African record of 22.10m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Olympic champion Valarie Allman continued her unbeaten streak in 2025 in the women\u2019s discus. She broke the meeting record with her opening throw of 69.48m, then went even farther in round four with 70.68m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps the biggest surprise of the contest came in the form of NCAA champion Cierra Jackson, who managed just one valid attempt, 67.82m, but it added two metres to her PB and was enough to take second place on what was her Diamond League debut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>World record-holder Mykolas Alekna was similarly dominant in the men\u2019s discus. The Lithuanian won with 70.97m \u2013 the second-best throw in Diamond League history \u2013 to avenge his recent NCAA defeat to Jamaica\u2019s Ralford Mullings, who was second here with 68.98m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jefferson-Wooden ends Alfred\u2019s winning streak<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Heading into this weekend, Julien Alfred had won all seven of her races so far in 2025. But the Olympic champion couldn\u2019t quite maintain that streak in a close race with world leader Melissa Jefferson-Wooden. Despite a -1.5m\/s wind, the Olympic bronze medallist clocked a winning time of 10.75 \u2013 the fastest time ever recorded into a headwind stronger than -1.0m\/s. Alfred was second in 10.77.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jefferson-Wooden got off to the best start and managed to maintain it to the end. Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith was third in 10.90 in a race where world champion Sha\u2019Carri Richardson was ninth (11.19). Earlier in the day, Jacious Sears had won an invitational race in 10.85, albeit in more conducive conditions (1.7m\/s).<\/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%2FFkge_OCsrFg%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=500&#038;video_height=281)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Melissa Jefferson-Wooden STUNS Julien Alfred in Eugene 100m - Wanda Diamond League 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fkge_OCsrFg?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>Alison dos Santos got the better of US rival Rai Benjamin in the 400m hurdles. The Brazilian, who won the world title on this track in 2022, produced a season\u2019s best of 46.65 to win by 0.06 over the Olympic champion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The winning margin was the same in the women\u2019s 100m hurdles as Jamaica\u2019s Ackera Nugent won in 12.32 from world record-holder Tobi Amusan (12.38). USA\u2019s Kendra Harrison was third (12.50).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following a late withdrawal from USA\u2019s Kenny Bednarek, Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo of Botswana ran a world-leading 19.76 to win the men\u2019s 200m ahead of USA\u2019s Courtney Lindsey (19.87) and Alexander Ogando of the Dominican Republic (19.94).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Olympic silver medallist and world leader Kishane Thompson lived up to expectations to win the men\u2019s 100m in 9.85 (0.4m\/s). Britain\u2019s Zharnel Hughes finished strongly to take second place in 9.91 ahead of Trayvon Bromell (9.94).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere in the sprints, Olympic silver medallist Matt Hudson-Smith won the men\u2019s 400m in a season\u2019s best of 44.10 from world indoor champion Chris Bailey (44.15). Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone took the women\u2019s event in 49.44 ahead of US compatriot Aaliyah Butler (49.86).<\/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%2Fb6gK45YZZoM%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=500&#038;video_height=281)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kishane Thompson claims FIRST EVER Diamond League win in Eugene 100m - Wanda Diamond League 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b6gK45YZZoM?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<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Laros comes from behind to win Bowerman Mile<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For almost four laps of the men\u2019s mile, it looked as though Yared Nuguse would become the first US winner of the race since 2006. But the Olympic 1500m bronze medallist was caught just before the line by Niels Laros as the Dutch youngster won by 0.01.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nuguse had been followed closely by in-form French runner Azeddine Habz for most of the way. But just as Habz\u2019s challenge faded in the closing stages, Laros managed to break free from the chase pack and came motoring down the home straight to catch Nuguse and win in a national record of 3:45.94. Nuguse was second (3:45.95) and Habz third (3:46.65) in a race where a record 13 men finished inside 3:50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was another close finish in the women\u2019s 800m, where Olympic silver medallist Tsige Duguma managed to hold off world indoor champion Prudence Sekgodiso, 1:57.10 to 1:57.16. World champion Mary Moraa (2:00.51) and 2021 Olympic champion Athing Mu-Nikolayev (2:03.44) were the last two athletes to cross the line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Olympic champion Tara Davis-Woodhall produced a clutch jump of 7.07m in the final round of the women\u2019s long jump to steal victory from two-time world champion Malaika Mihambo (7.01m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mondo Duplantis was a comfortable winner of the men\u2019s pole vault with 6.00m and ended with three attempts at a would-be world record of 6.29m, but it wasn\u2019t to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*Subject to the usual ratification procedure<\/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%2F17DARl7ItBM%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=500&#038;video_height=281)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Duguma beats Moraa and Mu-Nikolayev in Eugene 800m - Wanda Diamond League 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/17DARl7ItBM?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>Kenyans Beatrice Chebet and Faith Kipyegon both broke world records in the 5000m and 1500m at...","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":15624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1149,1131],"tags":[1096,1212,6,115,889,686,624],"city":[1178],"class_list":["post-15623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eugene","category-report","tag-1096","tag-beatrice-chebet","tag-diamond-league","tag-eugene","tag-faith-kipyegon","tag-report","tag-wanda","city-eugene"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15623","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=15623"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15634,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15623\/revisions\/15634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15623"},{"taxonomy":"city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/city?post=15623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}