Ugandan long-distance runner Belinda Chemutai closed the year on a bright note, running a personal best in the Women’s 5km.
Chemutai finished third in the World Athletics Label Road Race at the Cursa dels Nassos in Barcelona on Tuesday, December 31 2024.
The Uganda Prisons athlete posted a time of 14:36 to finish in third behind Ethiopia’s Medina Eisa who settled for silver having run 13 seconds faster.
However, above the two was the Paris Olympic Games 5,000m and 10,000m champion Beatrice Chebet of Kenya who clinched Gold with a 13:54 time, a world record time over the distance.
It should be remembered that Chemutai claimed the second edition of the Elgon Half Marathon where she posted 1:11:15.
World Athletics Label Road Race Results | Women
- Beatrice Chebet (KEN) 13:54
- Medina Eisa (ETH) 14:23
- Belinda Chemutai (UGA) 14:36
- Melknat Wudu (ETH) 14:53
- Jana Van Lent (BEL) 15:24
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