Actually, the commenter I responded to said Bekele was doped at his peak and suggested today's Ethiopians shoe by their performances they are probably even more juiced. I would tend to agree - even if others don't.
Adding Kipchoge to the list. Now six distance WRs in the two years since Coe's confetti statement, 15 in the last 5 years.
Updated:
2018: M Half 58:18 (Abraham Kiptum), previous record 2010 2018: M Marathon 2:01:39 (Eliud Kipchoge), previous record 2014 2019 M Half 58:01 (Geoffrey Kamworor) 2019: W Mile 4:12.33 (Sifan Hassan), previous record 1996 2019: W Marathon 2:14:04 (Brigid Kosgei), previous record 2003 2020: W 5000m 14:06.62 (Letesenbet Gidey), previous record 2008 2020: M 5000m 12:35.36 (Joshua Cheptegei), previous record 2003 2020: M 10000m 26:11.00 (Joshua Cheptegei), previous record 2005 2020: W Half 1:04:31 (Ababel Yeshaneh), previous record 2017 2020: M Half 57:32 (Kibiwott Kandie) 2021: W Half 1:04:02 (Ruth Chepngetich) 2021: W 2000m 5:21.56 (Francine Niyonsaba), previous record 2017 2021: W 10000m 29:06.82 (Sifan Hassan), previous record 2016 2021: W 10000m 29:01.03 (Letesenbet Gidey) 2021: W Half 1:02:52 (Letesenbet Gidey) 2021: M Half: 57:31 (Jacob Kiplimo) 2022: M Marathon 2:01:09 (Eliud Kipchoge) 2023: W 1500m 3:49.11 (Faith Kipyegon), previous record 2015 2023: W 5000m 14:05.20 (Faith Kipyegon) 2023: W Mile 4:07.64 (Faith Kipyegon) 2023: M 2000m 4:43.13 (Jakob Ingebrigtsen), previous record 1999 2023: W 5000m 14:00.21 (Gudaf Tsegay)
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Jakob's time
How many world records were set between January 2007 to January 2009 in distance events? The answer is quite a few. Records are constantly being beaten. And a lot of the records mentioned are road records, they were pretty soft in the 1990's. The best runners in the world typically stuck to the track. Then when all of the prize money left the track and more road races beefed up their money in the early 2000's more fast distance runners went to the roads.