First placed Kenya's athlete Beatrice Chebet celebrates with her country's flag at the end of the women's 10000m final during the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on September 13, 2025. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki / AFP)
Tokyo: Kenya's Beatrice Chebet won the women's 10,000 metres title at the world championships on Saturday in a first step towards her tilt at a rarely-achieved distance double.
Chebet, the world record holder in both the 5,000m and 10,000m, clocked a winning time of 30min 37.61sec for the first track gold of the championships in Tokyo.
Italy's Nadia Battocletti claimed silver in a national record of 30:38.23, while Ethiopia's defending champion Gudaf Tsegay took bronze in 30:39.65.
