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Rhonex Kipruto breaks the world 10km record in Valencia. [IAAF/World Athletics]
Kenya's Rhonex Kipruto has broken the 10km World marathon record formerly held by Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei in 26:23 in Valencia, according to the World Athletics.
Kipruto also made a half-way split of 13 minutes and 18 seconds improvement for 5KM world record.
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