Ethiopia’s Gidey breaks Hassan's two-day-old 10,000m world record

March 30, 2019 Kenya's Hellen Obiri poses with the winners medal after winning the women's race with second placed Ethiopia's Dera Dida and third placed Letesenbet Gidey [REUTERS]

Ethiopia's Letesenbet Gidey smashed the women's 10,000 metres world record on Tuesday, on the same track where Dutch runner Sifan Hassan had set the previous record just two days previously.

Gidey's time of 29 minutes 1.03sec at Ethiopia's Olympic trials held in Hengelo in the Netherlands means she now holds the world records in the 5,000m and 10,000m.