Ngetich also passed the halfway point in 14:13, matching Beatrice Chebet's two-week-old world 5-kilometer record set in Barcelona.
Digital Desk: Agnes Ngetich, a Kenyan runner, became the first woman to run the 10 km course in under 29 minutes on Sunday by smashing the previous record, which was set 28 seconds earlier in Valencia.
Ngetich broke the two-year-old world record for a road mixed race set by Yalemzerf Yehualaw with a timing of 28:46.
Ngetich also passed the halfway point in 14:13, matching Beatrice Chebet's two-week-old world 5-kilometer record set in Barcelona.
Speaking about her 10km record, Ngetich said, "I am so happy. I had not anticipated setting a world record.I was coming to better my time, at least somewhere around 29:14, but I am thrilled that I ran a world record of 28 minutes. This is not what I expected."
With a pace of 29:24 in a women-only race in September, the 22-year-old World Cross Country Championships 2023 team gold champion had already set the world record for the 10 km distance.
Emmaculate Achol finished in second and also crossed the finish line beneath Yehualaw’s record with a timing of 28:57 to become the second woman to break the 29min barrier.
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