Letesenbet Gidey and Joshua Cheptegei
Today Wednesday the attempt by Letesenbet Gidey and Joshua Cheptegei to beat the world record of 5.000 and 10.000 meters respectively.
Cheptegei, the recent world record holder in the 5.000m, will attempt to break the best record in the history of the 10.000m running below the current record 26: 17.53.
Both the Ugandan and the Ethiopian have been confident that they can break the records. “I've been preparing for this. Beating Bekele's record is hard, but you have to work to achieve it. I have already achieved it in the cross and in the 5.000m so I have already shown that it can be done”, assured Cheptegei.
For his part, Gidey explained that he is not "100%", but "I am going to try to break the record". “I have trained long and hard for this test", has said.
The two tests will begin at 21:30 p.m. and can be followed live through this video:
