Athletics: Tirop and Teferi smash 10km and 5km world records

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Two world records tumbled on Saturday when Kenya's Agnes Tirop surged to victory in the 10 km race and Ethiopia's Senbere Teferi triumphed in the 5 km distance at an event in Herzogenaurach, Germany.Tirop, a twice world 10,000m bronze medallist, won the 10 km event with a time of 30 minutes and one second

Two world records tumbled on Saturday when Kenya's Agnes Tirop surged to victory in the 10 km race and Ethiopia's Senbere Teferi triumphed in the 5 km distance at an event in Herzogenaurach, Germany.

"I'm so happy to have broken the world record," Tirop said."I felt the pace was good and Sheila assisted me a lot. The course was very good too."

 

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