Bahraini Jebet smashes 3000m steeplechase world record
Olympic champion Ruth Jebet of Bahrain set a new world record in the 3,000m steeplechase, clocking 8min 52.78sec at the Diamond League meet in Paris on Saturday.
The 19-year-old Kenyan-born athlete, who now runs for Bahrain, smashed the previous record of 8:58.81 achieved by Russian Gulnara Galkina at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Jebet won Olympic gold in Rio with 8:59.75, the second fastest time ever in the event.