- Beatrice Chebet won the 3000m title at the 2025 Rabat Diamond League in an African record time of 8:11.56.
- Chebet missed the current world record of 8:06.11 that was set by China’s Junxia Wang 32 years ago.
- Chebet was followed by the European duo of Nadia Battocletti and Sarah Heally, who crossed the finishing line in 8:26.27 and 8:27.02 in that order.
Kenyan speedster Beatrice Chebet continued with her dominance at the 2025 Rabat Diamond League on Sunday night.
Chebet, who is yet to taste a defeat on the track this year, produced an amazing performance to win the 3000m title in a new African record.
The race started at a fast pace, with Chebet following the pacemaker closely, before deciding to take the matters into her hands.
Beatrice Chebet shocks the world at 2025 Rabat Diamond League
The 25-year-old went on to cross the finishing line in a new African record and world lead time of 8:11.56.
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The other interesting thing about Chebet’s spectacular performance at the 2025 Rabat Diamond League is that she managed to enter her name into record books as the second fastest 3000m runner of all-time.
Her time was a few seconds slower that the current world record of 8:06.11 that was set by China’s Junxia Wang in September 1993.
Chebet, who massively improved her lifetime best, was followed by Italy’s Nadia Battocletti and Irish athlete Sarah Healy.
The brilliant push from Chebet helped Battocletti to set a new Italian national record of 8:26.17 while Healy also clocked a personal best time of 8:27.02.
This was the second win for Chebet in this season’s Diamond League series as she had bagged the 5000m title in Xiamen in April.
Beatrice Chebet and Kenyan runners overawe at 2025 Rabat Diamond League
Besides Chebet, a number of Kenyan runners also performed well in the fourth Diamond League meeting of the season.
Reynold Cheruiyot finished second in the 1500m men’s category behind Kenyan-born United States speedster Jonah Koech.
Koech clocked a meeting record time of 3:31.43 to edge out Cheruiyot. The latter, who shone at the Doha Diamond League a few days ago was followed by his compatriot Festus Lagat with the duo finishing in 3:31.78 and 3:32.06 respectively.
In another event, Edmund Cheruiyot squeezed himself into the podium positions in the 3000m steeplechase.
The reigning world under 20 champion clocked a personal best time of 8:07.47 to finish behind home boy Soufiane EL Bakkali (8:00.70) and Germany’s Frederik Ruppert (8:01.49).
After Rabat’s showdown, Chebet and the other Kenyan runners are expected to shift their attention to the upcoming Diamond League legs that are scheduled for June.
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