Marcell Jacobs Faith Kipyegon Jakob Ingebrigtsen Keely Hodgkinson Grant Holloway Britain Usa Norway Ethiopia Paris county Florence Kenya records Marcell Jacobs Faith Kipyegon Jakob Ingebrigtsen Keely Hodgkinson Grant Holloway Britain Usa Norway Ethiopia Paris county Florence Kenya

Kipyegon, Girma and Ingebrigtsen star in night of world records in Paris

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Kenyan Faith Kipyegon made it two world records in a week after delivering a masterclass in the women's 5 000m at the Paris Diamond League meeting on Friday, while Ethiopia's Lamecha Girma smashed the 19-year-old record in the men's 3 000m steeplechase.Kipyegon headlined a stellar night of track and field at the Stade Charlety that also saw Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen set a new world record in the rarely-run 2 miles event.Kipyegon showed her trademark kick to the line in the 5 000m to win in 14min 05.20sec, slicing a full second and a half off the previous best of 14:06.62 set by Ethiopia's Letesenbet Gidey, the world 10 000m champion.WORLD RECORDExactly one week after breaking the 1500m world record, ????'s Faith Kipyegon runs the fastest 5000m in history with 14:05.20 ??60 second final lap ???? @DanVernonPhoto and Marta Gorczynska for Diamond League AG*Subject to the usual ratification procedures pic.twitter.com/f3Qh2bS5FLThere were further outstanding performances from Keely Hodgkinson, the world and Olympic silver medallist from Britain who set the 10th fastest time ever in dominating the women's 800m in 1min 55.77sec, while American Grant Holloway showed promising early-season form in winning the 110m hurdles in 12.98sec.But there was disappointment in the long-awaited season opener for Olympic 100m champion Marcell Jacobs, who could only finish seventh in a race won by world 200m champion Noah Lyles.It was, however, Kipyegon who stole the show just seven days after shattering the women's world record in the 1500m in Florence."No, I did not think about the world record, I do not know how I made it," said Kipyegon, who burst into tears after crossing the line."I just focused on the green light and tried to stay

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