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Robert Keter breaks 5km world record

Participants take part in the 21.1 km Half Marathon men Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon 2019 at Nyayo national stadium on October 27, 2019. [Photo/Stafford Ondego, Standard]

Kenya’s Robert Keter upstaged a quality field to win the Urban Trail Lille 5km, taking seven seconds off the world record with his winning time of 13:22.

While the organisers had hoped that Lille’s flat course would lend itself to a world record on Saturday, many expected the likes of World Under-20 5,000m silver medallist Stanley Waithaka, World U20 cross-country champion Milkesa Mengesha and World indoor 3000m finalist Davis Kiplangat to challenge the mark of 13:29.

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