Hassan, Wanders break 5km world records

Sifan Hassan and Julien Wanders have won the inaugural 5km Herculis in Monaco and in doing so claimed the official female and male world records respectively.

The distance has only been recognised as a world record event by the governing IAAF since January last year with previous faster times described as 'unofficial world bests'.

Dutch Hassan crossed the finish line in a time of 14:44 on Sunday, beating the previous best set by American Sarah Pagano at 15:48 by almost one minute.

The record continues to build Hassan's profile on the circuit after already holding the European Records on the 5000m and half marathon.

Fresh from taking the European half marathon record from Mo Farah last week, Swiss Wanders' time of 13:29 bettered the former world record by a second.

The 22-year-old now holds the 5km world record, and the European record for 10km and half marathon.