5000m

Ethiopian athlete Gudaf Tsegay smashed the women's 5,000m World Record with a run of 14 minutes 00.21 seconds on Sunday at the Eugene Diamond League finale, breaking Kenyan Faith Kipyegon's previous mark set in June. Tsegay set a…

South African athlete Caster Semenya, denied an opportunity to win a third successive Olympic 800m gold, will on Friday attempt to qualify for the Tokyo Games in the 5000m event. Semenya will run in a meeting in Durban where she must…