Prague — Violah Jepchumba produced the second fastest 10km performance in history at the Birell Prague Grand Prix, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Saturday.
The 25-year-old Kenyan clocked 30:24, just three seconds shy of the 30:21 world record set by Paula Radcliffe in 2003. Jepchumba's performance is an African record, supplanting her compatriot Isabella Ochichi's mark of 30:27 set in 2005.
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