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Beatrice Chebet has revealed what her dreams are for the 2025 season after smashing the world 5km record at the Cursa dels Nassos in Barcelona on Tuesday, December 31, 2024.

Chebet, an Olympic 5000m and 10,000m champion, has said she hopes to win gold medals in the same discipline she emerged the winner at the 2024 Olympic Games.

“I’m super happy as everything went according to plans. I felt capable of running under 14, and I managed to do so. Two races in Barcelona and two world records—can I ask for more?

“My focus for next year is to win gold medals over 5000m and 10,000m at the World Championships in Tokyo,” Chebet said as quoted by World Athletics.

How Chebet shattered record

By winning in Barcelona, she bettered the previous record by 19 seconds, according to data provided by World Athletics. She also became the first woman to beat 14 minutes for the distance on any surface, track, or road.

Chebet set out at a blistering pace, covering the opening kilometre in 2:46. Ethiopian duo Medina Eisa and Melknat Wudu, plus Uganda’s Belinda Chemutai, followed in 2:50—still inside world record pace.

Chebet, the world 5000m champion and world 10,000m record-holder, went through the second kilometre in 5:35, putting her well ahead of schedule to break the 14:13 she ran here last year. By this point, Eisa was already 60 metres in arrears in second place.

After another brisk 2:49 kilometre, Chebet reached 3 km in 8:24 – eight seconds inside world record pace.

Once the pacemaker dropped out, Chebet increased her pace and covered the fourth kilometre in 2:44, putting her on schedule to break 14 minutes. With a 2:46 closing kilometre, Chebet crossed the line in 13:54 to smash the world record.

The previous women’s world 5km record for a mixed race was Agnes Jebet’s 14:13 – the same time as Chebet’s world 5km record for a women-only race, as per World Athletics record.