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Chebet breaks 24-year-old women's 3000m meeting record as Kenya takes 1-2-3

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Kenya's Beatrice Chebet (left) in action during the women's 3000m Diamond League race in Oslo.[Diamond League]

World Cross Country champion Beatrice Chebet on Thursday night continued Kenya's bright show at the ongoing 2023 Diamond League after shattering a 24-year-old meeting record in the women's 3000m race in Oslo, Norway.

The Commonwealth Games 5,000m champion sets a new Personal Best (PB) with 8:25.01 to emerge victorious and lead a Kenyan sweep of 1-2-3 finish.

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