TIRANA, September 1 /ATA/ The Albanian athlete Luiza Gega has broken a new national record in the Women’s 3000m Steeplechase following an injury.
Attending the world finals of the “Diamond League”, in Zurich, Switzerland, Luiza Gega broke the record she held by herself. She managed to finish the race in 9 minutes, 9 seconds and 64 hundredths, almost one second faster than the previous record; while in the final ranking of the world championship she reached the fourth place.
The first in Zurich were the first three of the Budapest World Cup, the Kenyan Mutile Winfred Yavi, who represented Bahrain, took the first place. She recorded 9:03.19. Then two Kenyan athletes, Beatrice Chepkoech with the time of 9:03.70 and Faith Cherotich 9:07.59 were ranked after her. /p.s./
