Beatrice Chebet, who set a new 5,000m world record last week, has explained why she would still be happy even if her time is broken immediately.
Olympics 10,000m and 5,000m champion Beatrice Chebet feels she has already etched her name in history after setting another world record and would not mind it being broken so soon.
Chebet became the first woman to run a sub-14-minute 5,000m race, when she broke the world record at the Prefontaine Classic, the Eugene Diamond League, last Saturday.
The 25-year-old ran an incredible race to set a new world record of 13:58.06, completing what had looked inevitable in the last one year.
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Chebet has been attempting the world record across the Diamond League circuit since last year and came close at the Rome Diamond League last month, when she clocked 15:03.69.
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Having achieved her goal, Chebet is not losing sleep over the possibility of the record tumbling immediately.
“I am really happy to have achieved a sub-14 because it is not easy. I was prepared physically, mentally and emotionally to go for it in Eugene and I am glad things went okay,” Chebet told Telecomasia.net.
“I am so proud because even if someone breaks that record tomorrow, I will still have my place in history as the first woman to do it in under 14 minutes. I think I have inspired a lot of ladies to know that they can do it and I expect someone else will try and do it too.”
Chebet also went into details over what she did differently in Eugene to finally break the world record following failed attempts in recent months.
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“After the last time I tried, I analysed and knew that if I could improve my speed a bit, especially in the final kick, it was within reach. I worked on that a lot and intensified my workouts. I pushed myself to the limits in training and this helped me to be ready to tackle the World Record ambition,” she added.
Eugene has been good to Chebet over the last 12 months as she also broke the 10,000m record in the American city last year when qualifying for the Olympics, where she won gold in both races.
She is now looking forward to adding a world title to her medal collection with the stage set for a bruising battle in Tokyo, Japan in September.
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