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Athletics: World Body Ratifies World Records For Kipyegon, Girma And Perez

By IANS News August 07, 2023 • 20:28 PM View: 438

World Athletics Race Walking Tour: World Athletics, the governing body for track and field on Monday ratified World Records set this season by Kenyan Faith Kipyegon in women's 1500m and 5000m and Ethiopian Lamecha Girma in men's 3000m steeplechase.

Also ratified was the World Record in the non-Olympic Games event, the women's 35km race walk, by Maria Perez of Spain.