World U20 10,000m champion runs 26:46 at Birell Prague Grand Prix, while Britain’s Emelia Gorecka finishes in top 10 on 10km debut

Kenyan 18-year-old Rhonex Kipruto ran the second quickest-ever road 10km, while his compatriot Caroline Kipkirui moved to third on the women’s world all-time list at the Birell Prague Grand Prix on Saturday evening.

Kipruto who was third in Prague last year in 27:13 and then ran 27:08 in New York before claiming the world under-20 10,000m title in Tampere clocked 26:46 for a dominant win. It was a Kenyan top three as Geoffrey Koech ran 27:18 in second and Mathew Kimeli 27:26 in third.

A total of 11 athletes dipped inside 28 minutes.

The women’s race was much closer and Kipkirui won in 30:19 ahead of Fancy Chemutai (30:22) and Diana Chemtai Kipyokei (30:23) to complete another Kenyan clean sweep.

Running alone with his opponents rapidly dropping back, Kipruto went through 5km in 13:31 before clocking a negative split of 13:15 to take 22 seconds off his PB.

Only his compatriot Leonard Komon has run a faster time with his world record 26:44 set in 2010.

In the women’s race, Kipkirui s time makes her the third fastest woman in history over 10km behind Joyciline Jepkosgei and Chemutai.

The fastest among Czech runners were Jakub Zeman k (29:30) and Eva Vrabcov N vltov (33:57).

Britain’s Emelia Gorecka was also among the athletes to impress as she clocked 33:41 for a top-10 spot on her 10km road debut.

Ross Millington placed 16th in a PB of 28:40, while Luke Traynor was 18th in 29:22.

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