Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei shattered the 5km road world record in Monaco on Sunday (February 16), shaving 27 seconds off the mark set by Kenya's Rhonex Kipruto last month.
Cheptegei, the 10,000m world champion, crossed the finish line in 12 minutes and 51 seconds in his first race of the year to eclipse Kipruto's effort from the 10K Valencia Ibercaja in Spain last month.
Kipruto had set the mark en route to the 10km road world record.
Frenchman Jimmy Gressier finished second in Monaco with a time of 13:18 to beat the European record of 13:29 set by Julien Wanders in the same race last year.
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