Which Kenyan athlete's 5km record did Joshua Cheptegei break in 2020?
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Sammy Kipketer was a Kenyan athlete who held the world record for the 5 km road race from 1996 to 2020. He set the record of 13 minutes and 16.3 seconds in 1996, and it was not broken until Joshua Cheptegei ran 12 minutes and 51.0 seconds in 2020.
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