Cheptegei takes aim at 10 000m record in Valencia

Less than two months after breaking the 5 000m world record, Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei is setting his sights on the 10 000m mark at a special event in Valencia on Wednesday.

Gold medallist in the 10 000m at last year’s World Athletics Championships in Doha, Cheptegei is hoping to beat the 26 minutes, 17.53 set by Kenenisa Bekele in 2005.

Cheptegei, 23, took Ethiopian Bekele’s 5 000m record at the Diamond League in Monaco in August, wiping 1.99 seconds off the 16-year-old mark when he crossed the line in 12:35.36.