Reynold Cheruiyot's world record after finishing fifth ratified

ATHLETICS Reynold Cheruiyot's world record after finishing fifth ratified

Abigael Wafula 08:04 - 24.11.2023

Reynold Cheruiyot clocked 3:48.06 to finish fifth in the Bowerman Mile, improving the world U20 mile record by more than a second.

Reynold Cheruiyot’s world record set at the Prefontaine Classic, the Diamond League Meeting final, has been ratified.

The reigning World Under-20 1500m champion clocked 3:48.06 to finish fifth in the Bowerman Mile, improving the world U20 mile record by more than a second. The previous record of 3:49.29 was set by Ilham Tanui Ozbilen in Oslo on July 3, 2009.

The race featured a host of fast times, including the winning mark of 3:43.73 by Jakob Ingebrigtsen, just 0.6 of a second off the senior world record.

Meanwhile, Ryan Crouser’s shot put world record has also been ratified owing to his dominant exploits at the USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix, the season’s sixth World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting, on May 27.

With that performance, the world and Olympic champion added 19cm to the previous world record of 23.37m that he achieved at the US Olympic Trials in Eugene in June 2021.

The world record by Mondo Duplantis and Gudaf Tsegay were also set at the Diamond League Meeting final.

Ethiopia’s Tsegay set the second senior world record of her career and her first outdoors, improving the world 5000m record with her remarkable 14:00.21 run.

That performance shaved almost five seconds off the previous world record of 14:05.20 that Faith Kipyegon set in Paris in June as part of a record spree that also saw her set global marks for the 1500m and mile.

Duplantis also made history in Eugene. Back in the stadium where he broke the world record to win his first senior world title in 2022, the Swedish pole vault star set the seventh world record of his career, clearing 6.23m on his first attempt.

That mark is one centimetre higher than the world record height he achieved indoors in Clermont-Ferrand in February.