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Kenya's Faith Kipyegon and Jamaica's Roshawn Clarke have seen their respective world record officially been ratified by World Athletics. Kipyegon set a world mile record of 4:07.64 and Clarke posted a world U20 400m hurdles record of 47.34.
Eight senior track and field world records were shattered in the outdoor season, including two at the Wanda Diamond League Final at Hayward Field in Eugene.
The world records set by Faith Kipyegon, Lamecha Girma, and Maria Perez have been ratified by World Athletics on Monday ahead of the 2023 World Athletics Championships.
The world indoor pentathlon record by Nafi Thiam and the outright world U20 triple jump record by Jaydon Hibbert have been ratified by World Athletics today.
World Athletics ratified Lamecha Girma's world indoor 3000m record of 7:23.81. He also set a world 3000m steeplechase record in Paris this month!
World Athletics this week ratified Yang Jiayu's world 20km race walk record of 1:23:49, set at the Chinese Race Walking Championships in March.
MONACO, France - The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has ratified the Women's hammer Throw world record.
The IAAF on Wednesday confirmed that the following accomplishments have recently been ratified as new World Records.