WA acknowledges Emane’s 50km record
World indoor 3000m record holder Lamecha Girma will be contending versus a field that consists of 5 world champs at the Wanda Diamond League on May 5, 2023, at the Doha Meeting.
The 22-year-old made just one indoor look, however it sufficed to break Daniel Komen’s 25-year-old world indoor record by more than a 2nd with a time of 7:23.81 in Lievin. The just 2 guys in history to run faster are Komen and Hicham El Guerrouj.
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Silver medalist in the Olympic and world steeplechase competitors, Lemecha, will make his outside 3000 meter flat launching on May 5. However, he won’t be the only favorite in the race.
Ethiopia’s Olympic 10,000-meter champ Selemon Barega is consisted of, as are Kenya’s 2019 world 1500-meter champ Timothy Cheruiyot, Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha (who has actually won the world indoor 3000 meters two times), Kenya’s Ishmael Kipkirui (who has actually won the world under-20 cross-country title), and Uganda’s Oscar Chelimo (who has actually won the world 5000-meter bronze medal).
The 50-kilometer record held by Ethiopian Emane Seifu has actually been formally acknowledged by World Athletics (WA). In February, Emane developed a brand-new record, taking almost 4 minutes off the previous women-only record set by South African Irvette van Zyl in Port Elizabeth on May 23, 2021. She won the 50-kilometer race at the Nedbank Runified Breaking Barriers Ultramarathon in 3:00:30.
