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.