World Athletics has ratified Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet’s Wanda Diamond League record set this year in the United States of America.

In a statement by the world’s athletics governing body on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, Chebet’s Women’s 5000m triumph record, set within the timeframe of 13:58.06 at the Wanda Diamond League in Eugene on July 5, 2025, has been ratified.

Beatrice Chebet’s exploits have been selected among three world records set by athletes who will star at the upcoming World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Chebet has been ratified alongside Mykolas Alekna and Mondo Duplantis.

”Officially in the history books. These 4 world records set this year have now been ratified.” World Athletics said on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, via Facebook.

Back at the Oklahoma Throws Series World Invitational in Ramona, where Alekna set his first world discus record of 74.35m on April 14, 2024, the Olympic silver medallist twice improved that mark – first setting a world record of 74.89m with his opening throw and then improving to 75.56m in the fourth round. Both of those marks have been ratified.

In a competition of record depth, five athletes surpassed 70 metres and Australia’s Matt Denny also beat Alekna’s previous world record mark by launching the discus 74.78m.

Consistency

Returning to the scene of her world 10,000m record from last year, Beatrice Chebet ran the 5000m in 13:58.06, improving on the 14:00.21 set by Gudaf Tsegay in Eugene on September 17, 2023. Chebet passed 3000m in 8:22.96, 1.04 seconds inside the pace required for a sub-14-minute run. The pace dropped slightly for the next kilometre, but the 25-year-old had saved something for the closing stages and she eventually took 2.15 seconds off the previous world record.

“I’m so happy to become the first woman to run under 14 minutes,” she said. “After Rome (where she ran 14:03.69), I knew that I was capable of running a world record.”

Duplantis set his 13th world pole vault record when he cleared 6.29m during the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Budapest on August 12, 2025. Back at the scene of his 2023 World Championships win, the 25-year-old added one centimetre to his previous world record of 6.28m achieved in Stockholm on June 15, 2025.

The focus for the trio is now on the World Championships in Tokyo, taking place from September 13 to September 21, 2025, where they will hope to make even more history as they compete for global crowns.