A spectacular 2019 for Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei got even better on Sunday as the 23-year-old set the road 10k world record with his 26:38 in Valencia, Spain.
Cheptegei, who won the World Cross Country title in March before taking 10,000m gold at the World Championships in October, bettered the 26:44 previous record held by Leonard Komon since 2010. Cheptegei also eclipsed fellow Ugandan Jacob Kiplimo’s 26:41 from 2018, a time that didn’t count for record purposes due to a downhill course.
Cheptegei’s splits, per World Athletics:
KM | SPLIT | TOTAL |
1 | 2:42 | 2:42 |
2 | 2:40 | 5:22 |
3 | 2:35 | 7:57 |
4 | 2:41 | 10:38 |
5 | 2:45 | 13:23 |
6 | 2:39 | 16:02 |
7 | 2:40 | 18:42 |
8 | 2:55 | 21:37 |
9 | 2:22 | 23:59 |
10 | 2:39 | 26:38 |