Olympic 10,000m champion Beatrice chebet has formally added a world title to her resume, successful Kenya’s first gold medal of the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.
The world crown had eluded Chebet on the final two championships, however this time the 25-year-old made positive it didn’t slip away. She managed the race over 25 laps, then surged heading into the bell lap to seal the victory in 30:37.61.
Chebet has now achieved the trifecta within the ladies’s 10,000m: world champion, Olympic champion and world file holder, after setting the mark of 28:54.14 final yr.
Italy’s Nadia Battocletti received her nation’s first-ever 10,000m medal at a world championships, taking silver in a nationwide file of 30:38.23. Defending champion Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia rounded out the rostrum in 30:39.65.
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