New World 5,000m and 10,000m records set on the track

 At a special event in Valencia on Wednesday the 7th of October, two world record on the track were broken.

In the women's 5000m, 22-year-old Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey shattered the world record with a time of 14 min 06.62 seconds, improving on the previous world record by almost five seconds.

In the men's 10,000m, Joshua Cheptegei from Uganda ran 26 mins 11.00 seconds to break the previous world record of 26:17.53 set by Kenenisa Bekele in 2005.

In the video below, the women's 5000m race starts at 5:17 and the men's 10,000m race starts at 28:15. You'll notice as well the unique use of special lights at the side of the track to indicate the required world record pace.