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The following table shows the world record progression in the Women's 3,000 metres. The first record officially recognised by the IAAF was set on 6 July 1974 by Lyudmila Bragina from the Soviet Union. As of June 21, 2009, the IAAF has ratified nine world records in the event. [1]
On May 28, 2022, at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon (third stop of the Diamond League) she ran the third fastest time ever by a woman at the 3000m steeplechase in 8.57.98. setting a world lead. She could've shaved half a second of that time as she thought she crossed the line 2–3 meters before the actual finish line.
World records have fallen at the Diamond League meeting in ... day when Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh broke the women’s high jump record. The world record was previously held by Bulgarian ...
On 9 June 2023, Girma broke the world 3,000 m steeplechase record at the Meeting de Paris of the Diamond League with a time of 7:52:11, which was 1.52 seconds faster than the 19-year-old previous world record of 7:53.63 set by Saif Saaeed Shaheen. [9]
She won gold in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2024 Paris Olympics in an Olympic record time of 8:52.76. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] She won at the Rome Diamond League in a time of 8:44.39, breaking her own national record by over 6 seconds and only missing out on the world record by 0.07 seconds. [ 19 ]
In 2017, Chepkoech won her first Diamond League race, taking 3000 m steeplechase victory in Paris with a time of 9:01.69. [2] At the London World Championships in August, she missed a water jump and had to run back in the final, finishing a disappointing fourth in 9:10.45. [ 6 ]
The full sponsorship name is the Wanda Diamond League, the result of an agreement with Wanda Group that was announced in December 2019. [ 4 ] While the Golden League was formed to increase the profile of the leading European athletics competitions, the Diamond League's aim is to "enhance the worldwide appeal of athletics by going outside Europe ...
The Memorial Van Damme is an annual athletics event at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, that takes place in late August or early September.Previously one of the IAAF Golden League events, it now serves as a final event of the Diamond League, along with Weltklasse Zürich between 2010 and 2019.