Nairobi — Beatrice Chepkoech says she is assured of changing into the primary lady to run the ladies’s 5,000m in underneath 14 minutes, saying she feels it’s inside attain after operating the second quickest time in historical past in her victory on the Rome Diamond League final weekend.
Chebet clocked a meet document in Rome, the place she received in 14:03.69, simply two seconds shy of Gudaf Tsegay’s World Document. This was not solely her private finest, however a Kenyan document in addition to this season’s world main time.
The on-form Chebet, chatting with Telecomasia.internet after the race, says she was delighted together with her efficiency and believes it is just a matter of time earlier than she breaks the 14-minute barrier.
“I imagine that quickly I will do this (break the 14-minute barrier). I imagine I simply want somebody to push me most likely as much as the three,000m mark and I shall be in a superb place to do this. I’m delighted to have run my private finest time and are available near the document. I simply needed to push and see how far I might go however after this, I imagine the world document is a chance. I’m going again residence to try to put together for it as a result of I really feel I’m in good condition,” she advised Telecomasia after her race in Rome.
Chebet has been in scorching type this season and likewise got here near breaking the ladies’s 3,000m document in Morocco final month.
