PREFONTAINE CLASSIC RECAP - BEATRICE CHEBET SUB-14 5K, FAITH KIPYEGON WR + SO MUCH MORE

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🗓️ 6 July 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Chris Chavez and Mac Fleet break down all the top performances, world records and biggest moments from the 50th edition of the Prefontaine Classic.

A few highlights include:

- Faith Kipyegon broke her own world record in the 1500m to win her SEVENTH Prefontaine 1500m title in 3:48.68.

- Beatrice Chebet took the women's 5000m world record under 14 minutes, pulling away from Gudaf Tsegay and Agnes Ngetich over the final 200m to break the tape in an unbelievable mark of 13:58.06.

- Niels Laros shocked the world with a come-from-behind victory in the Bowerman Mile, passing Azeddine Habz on the inside down the homestretch then outleaning Yared Nuguse by 0.01 seconds to claim the win in 3:45.94, becoming the seventh man in history to break 3:46.

- Olympic champ Winfred Yavi just barely missed the world record in the steeplechase, running 8:45.25 to win ahead of Faith Cherotich in second in 8:48.71.

- Kishane Thompson backed up his national title with a 9.85 victory in the 100m over Zharnel Hughes (9.91) and Trayvon Bromell (9.94).

- Olympic champ Letsile Tebogo returned to his speciality event and won the 200m in a world-leading 19.76 over Courtney Lindsey’s 19.87 in second.

+ Much more!

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0:30.5	All right, Chris Chavez-McFleet exiting Hayward Field right now
0:36.4	at the conclusion of the 2025 Prefontein classic. Mac,
0:41.9	what a meet.
0:43.6	Insane meat.
0:44.8	Event after event, it just didn't stop.
0:47.9	How did you feel photographing?
0:49.3	Like, a lot of pressure on you.
0:50.7	This is a three-man weekend with you, me, and intern Keenan out here.
0:57.0	I was in over my head a little bit out there.
1:01.0	No pressure, just the greatest single day of track. You haven't photographed to me in a while, so go get it done.
1:09.0	No, it's been about three years but no an absolute treat and uh feel like
1:13.2	just super lucky you be able to photograph and and watch all those uh all those events it was crazy
1:18.4	yeah all right two world records we had let's start with the first one women's 5k for the first time
1:26.5	on the track we had a woman run under 14 minutes 1358
1:32.0	Beatrice Chabet I think my big takeaway was I know the last lap was 61 but I'm most impressed
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