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Beatrice Chebet kicks off 2025 in style, breaking records and defending titles, as she eyes a thrilling season ahead.
World 10,000m record holder Beatrice Chebet started her 2025 on a quite impressive note and she is aware of her capabilities as things continue heating up for what will be an interesting season.
The double Olympic champion broke her 5km world record at the Cursa dels Nassos road race in Barcelona on New Year’s Eve and has not rested on her laurels since.
The world 5000m bronze medallist is fresh from defending her title at the Cross Internacional Juan Muguerza, a World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold meeting in Elgoibar.
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In a post-race interview as quoted by World Athletics, Beatrice Chebet was confident about winning the race since her body was feeling great and following her 2024 exploits, she had the much-needed confidence to shut down the field.
The Commonwealth Games champion now takes a break from running and will resume in the coming months with a 10km race in Lisbon.
Asked whether she would attack Agnes Ngetich’s world record, Beatrice Chebet was vague but certainly revealed that her compatriot ran a stunning race for that world record and admitted that it would be hard to beat.
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“Honestly, I expected to win. The circuit is arguably one of the toughest I have ever run with plenty of ups and downs, but at the same time it’s perfect to build up for the championships,” Beatrice Chebet said.
“Last year I won here and then became world champion in Belgrade. I now return to Kenya to keep on training as I have not scheduled more races until 9 March, when I compete at the Lisbon 10K. That record is impressive, I’m not sure I can do that. I’ll just try to win the race.”
In the race, Chebet made her intentions clear as she took charge from the start. Ethiopia’s Melknat Wudu, Burundi’s Francine Niyomukunzi and Spain’s Carolina Robles were her closest challengers in the early stages of the race.
The two-time world cross country champion further extended her lead and opened a huge gap between herself and the trio that was working hard to close it. The Spaniard looked formidable as she chased Chebet with Niyomukunzi and Wudu having seemingly given up.
At the bell, Beatrice Chebet still had the lead and went on to take the top prize in 25:49. Behind her, Robles lost ground with Niyomukunzi and Wudu capitalising on that.
The battle for second-place was thrilling to watch as the Burundian and Ethiopian sprinted to the finish line but it was Wudu who claimed second.
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11:48 - 28.12.2024
'I wanted her to quit'- Beatrice Chebet's partner & coach opens up about one of their first conversations
Beatrice Chebet's partner and coach Peter Bii has disclosed what they talked about during their first meetings as they were courting.
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