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Records at stake as stars race for glory in Valencia 10k meet

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Kenya's Agnes Ngetich on her way to setting the 10km women only record in Romania last year The course was later found to be shorter. [Agencies]

A record set by former World Under-20 10,000m champion Rhonex Kipruto at the 2020 10Km Valencia Ibercaja faces a major threat on Sunday.

Kipruto, then aged 20, cruised to a stunning 26:24 world record time in January 2020.

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