Beatrice Chebet has explained her main target for 2025 while revealing her next destination and hopes to pick up from where she left last year.
Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet is relaxed regarding her plans this year.
Speaking after cruising to victory at the 13th edition of the National Police Service Cross Country held at Ngong Race Course, Nairobi, on January 17, the Kericho-born runner insisted that she is not planning to chase records in 2025.
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However, her main goal will be to win gold at the World Championships in Tokyo, after settling for broze and silver in the past two editions. “Having previously won bronze and silver at the World Championships, my main aim this season is to finally secure the title in Tokyo,” Chebet told Citizen Digital.
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She added: “I don’t have a specific plan to chase records; it depends on the race conditions and how my body responds.”
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Beatrice Chebet prepares for the Lisbon 10K with confidence as she eyes victory while downplaying any record-breaking ambitions in Portugal.
Chebet was using the Police event as part of her preparations for the 2025 season. Beatrice Chebet will compete at the inaugural SFC Global 10K road race scheduled for February 16 in Mumbai, India.
Beatrice Chebet established herself as one of the sport’s biggest stars in 2024, smashing the 10,000m world record at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene. Chebet secured gold at the 2024 Olympics in the 5000m and 10,000m races, becoming the third woman in history to win both events at the same games.
A month later, Chebet, who trains in Londiani, won the 5000m at the 2024 Diamond League final in Brussels, Belgium, in a time of 14:09.82.
To cap off a remarkable year, Beatrice Chebet broke Agnes Jebet’s mixed 5 kilometre world record of 14:13, running 13:54 on December 31, 2024, at the Cursa dels Nassos, in Barcelona.
