Double Olympic champion and world 10,000m record holder Beatrice Chebet is set to kick-start her 2025 season at the SFC Global 10km Road Race in Mumbai on February 16, 2025.
Announcing her participation, race organisers urged runners to seize the chance to compete alongside global icons.
“The international running event will bring leading athletes, among them Olympians and world champions, from around the world to participate, along with the top athletes from the country and thousands of amateur participants.”
Chebet recently featured at the Cross Internacional de Itálica— a World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold meeting on November 17 — cutting the tape in 23:32. Kazakhstan’s Daisy Jepkemei settled for second place in 23:59 with Uganda’s Charity Cherop completing the podium in 24:35.
Chebet’s 2024 campaign has been nothing short of exceptional. The year began on a high note with a commanding win at the Elgoibar International Cross Country on January 7, clocking 26:08.
Chebet, however, faltered at the Kenya Cross Country Championships held at Prison Staff Training College in Ruiru on March 2, finishing fourth in 32:00. She would, however, go on to win the World Cross Country title in Belgrade, Serbia, clocking 31:05.
Chebet successfully defended her title which she won in Bathurst, Australia, last year in a time of 33:48.
She followed it up with another flawless victory at the Doha Diamond League on May 10 clocking 14:26.98 in the 5000m.
The highlight of Chebet’s season came on May 25 at the Prefontaine Classic, which doubled as Kenya’s Olympic Trials.
She shattered Letesenbet Gidey’s 10,000m world record of 29:01.03, clocking an astounding 28:54.14 and becoming the first woman in history to break the 29-minute barrier.
Chebet followed this up with a historic double at the Paris 2024 Olympics, clinching gold in both the 5,000m ( 14:28.56 ) and 10,000m ( 30:43.25 ).
By doing so, she joined the ranks of Tirunesh Dibaba and Sifan Hassan, as the only female athletes to have achieved this rare feat at the Olympics.
Chebet cemented her status as
the queen of distance running with
victories in the 5,000m at the Zurich Diamond League ( 14:09.52 )
and the Brussels Diamond League
Final ( 14:09.82 ) in September, capping of an incredible season.
