Beatrice Chebet crushes Gudaf Tsegay’s world record while making history as fastest woman ever in 5000m

On July 6, 2025, in Eugene, Oregon, Hayward Field hosted an event. A crowd gathered to witness a great race. What happened next, no one could have expected. The women's 5000-meter ran in a manner that has never been run before.

One woman, who ran faster than any woman in history. Her name is Beatrice Chebet. She crossed the finish line and shocked the world. No woman has ever done what she just did. People are now asking, how fast did she really go?

Beatrice Chebet becomes the first woman to run 5000m in under 14 minutes

Kenya's Beatrice Chebet made history on July 6, 2025, at the Eugene Diamond League in Oregon. She finished the 5000-meter race in under 14 minutes, at 13:58.06- thus becoming the first woman ever in the world to finish the race in under 14 minutes.

Beatrice Chebet surpassed the previous world record of 14:00.21, set by Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay on the same track last September 2023. Beatrice Chebet ran most of the race with Gudaf Tsegay and another Kenyan, Agnes Jebet Ngetich.They all kept close to the other runners. But before the race ended something clicked with Beatrice Chebet. She ran away from everyone and finished way in front. Agnes Jebet Ngetich was second with 14:01.29, beating Gudaf Tsegay in third with 14:04.41.

This is not Beatrice Chebet’s first world record. On May 25, 2024, she ran the 10,000 meters at the same track in 28:54.14, which was also a new world record.

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Beatrice Chebet says her run in Rome and Faith Kipyegon pushed her to break the record

After her big win, Beatrice Chebet spoke about what helped her go this far. She said that last month in Rome she ran great, finishing the 5000 meters in 14:03 with the belief that she could run the world record. She also said that Kenyan Faith Kipyegon, who was attempting to run the mile record, gave her even more courage. “After I ran in Rome, I told myself I could go faster,” Chebet said. “Faith was trying, so I thought, why not me? Now I’m very happy because I made it.”