: Kenyan athletes smash into record books at World 10K Bengaluru 2022 #IndiaNEWS #India Bengaluru: Kenyas Nicholas Kipkorir Kimeli and Irene Cheptai smashed into the record book by running the entire

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Kenyan athletes smash into record books at World 10K Bengaluru 2022 #IndiaNEWS #India
Bengaluru: Kenyas Nicholas Kipkorir Kimeli and Irene Cheptai smashed into the record book by running the entire course in the 14th edition of the World 10K Bengaluru 2022, clocking 27:38 and 30:35 minutes respectively.
The World 10K Bengaluru 2022 is a World Athletics Elite Label Race, which was held on Sunday.
Kipkorir Kimeli, fourth in the Olympic Games 5000m last summer, took the lead with a kilometre to go and raced ahead of Ethiopias reigning world U20 10,000m champion Tadese Worku to reduce the mens course record by six seconds from the previous mark set by his compatriot Geoffrey Kamworor in 2014.
The race started off in an unusual manner with Kenyas Reynold Kipkorir, who was to eventually finish ninth, lagged for much of the first 5 Kms, passing the halfway point in 14:00 minutes with the rest of the elite field staying around 70 metres in arrears.
However, shortly after going through 5 km, Worku changed the gear and started to rapidly tow the leading men back to Kipkorir before going past him just before the 6 Km point and then increasing the pace further.
Kipkorir Kimeli continued running just behind Worku for the next three kilometres, letting his Ethiopian rival do all the hard work as the pair gradually got back onto course record pace as they also put daylight between themselves and the rest of the mens field.
Worku still looked fresh as they reached the final kilometre but could not respond when Kipkorir Kimeli took the lead, with the latter almost sprinting like a middle-distance runner over the final 300 metres as the finish line approached in Bengalurus Sree Kanteerava Stadium.
Kipkorir Kimeli crossed the line in 27:38 minutes with Worku also inside the old record with 27:43 minutes while the Kenyan pre-race favourite, and former world half marathon record holder, Kibiwott Kandie, made up three places in the final two kilometres and came through for third in 27:57 minutes.
By contrast, Ethiopias two-time reigning world champion 5000m Muktar Edris was never in contention for the podium and finished back in seventh.
Honestly, I was not expecting to get the course record. When we reached 5K, we didnt think we will get the course record, in fact, even when we crossed the 7K-mark, I didnt think we will make the record. But only when Worku pushed ahead, I picked up pace towards the end, reflected Kipkorir Kimeli.
The womens race unfolded in a very different fashion to the mens and Irene Cheptai took an even bigger slice out of the womens course record which had stood to the late Agnes Tirop at 31:19 minutes since 2018.
After a super-fast opening two kilometres of 3:02 and 3:04 minutes, a quick time was always likely and the race was soon down to just three women at the front Cheptai, Obiri and fellow Kenyan Joyce Tele.

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