The Kenyan athlete Emmanuel Wanyonyi19, set a new world record in the road mile distance with a mark of 3:54.56 at the “Adizero: road to records” event that took place this Saturday at the adidas headquarters in Herzogenaurach, Germany.
Wanyonyi, 800m world runner-up in 2023, shaved nearly two seconds off the previous record of 3:56.13 set by Hobbs Kessler at the Road World Championships held last year in Riga, Latvia.
In Saturday’s race, Kessler was second to Wanyonyi in 3:56.18, followed by the South African Ryan Mphahlele who was third with 3:56.45.
Spanish 5 km record
In the same event, in the 5K test, the athlete Thierry Ndikumwenayo broke the Spanish record for the distance with a mark of 13:17, bettering by two seconds the previous national record of Oassim Oumaiz.
Ndikumwenayo, from Club Playas de Castellón, finished fifth, seventeen seconds behind the winner, the Ethiopian Yomif Kejelcha (13:00).
Other notes
“Adizero: road to records” has the presence of 120 athletes in 800m, one mile, 5K and 10K events.
In the women’s 5K race, the Ethiopian Medina Eisa He broke the U20 world record at the distance in 14:38.
For his part, the 18-year-old Kenyan Koech Collins He broke the U20 world record for the mile with a time of 4:00.10.
In addition, eight other national records fell and several personal records were improved.
Source: La Verdad
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