Julian Wanders and Sifan Hassan sets 5k World Records in Monaco!

Julian Wanders, photo by NN Running team

Julian Wanders has been quite busy. Julian set a European 10k record of 27:25 in the fall and on February 8, ran 59:13 to set a new European record of 59:13 at the RAK half marathon. Today, February 17, 2019, Julian Wanders ran 13:29 for 5k, a new World and European 5k road record. Please remember that, in January 2018, the IAAF began accepting WRs on the roads. Julian Wanders was paced by Bram Som for 3000 meters. Bram Som had also paced the 1,500 WR the afternoon before in Birmingham, England. Sondre Moen was second in 13:37.

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Sifan Hassan, photo by NN Running Team

Sifan Hassan, who won the European Championship at 5,000m last year in Berlin, set the European HM record in the fall, slowed down after 3k today and was not confident on the new record. But, Sifan called on her inner strrength and ran 14:44, a new WR and ER as well. Laura Weightman was second in 15:29.

Sifan Hassan trains with the Nike Oregon Project in Oregon.

To read more on the records, please read the following piece by Nicole Jeffrey: https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/wanders-hassan-world-record-5km-monaco

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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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