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Hagos Gebrhiwet of Ethiopia runs second-fastest 5,000 meters ever

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May 31, 2024
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Ethiopia’s Hagos Gebrhiwet, left, competes within the males’s 500 meters on the Diamond League
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Hagos Gebrhiwet of Ethiopia ran the second-fastest 5,000 meters of all time in successful on the Diamond League assembly in Oslo on Thursday.

Gebrhiwet ran a last lap of 54.99 to complete in 12 minutes, 36.73 seconds — 1.37 seconds off the world file set by Olympic champion Joshua Cheptegei.

Additionally on the Bislett Video games, dwelling favourite Jakob Ingebrigtsen dived for the road to win the lads’s 1,500 simply forward of Timothy Cheruiyot in a world-leading 3 minutes, 29.74 seconds.