Adrian Wildschutt breaks South Africa 5000m record in Belgium

South African athlete Adrian Wildschutt has achieved a remarkable feat by surpassing the longstanding South African 5,000m record at Heusden-Zolder, Belgium.

Clocking an impressive time of 13:02.46, Wildschutt shattered the previous record, which had stood unbroken for seven years. This accomplishment follows his recent achievement of breaking the 24-year-old South African 10,000m record, which had stood for 24 years!

Taking to Instagram, Adrian said:

“Very happy with my 5000m race in Leuven, Belgium last night! I was able to run a PR of 13:02, qualifying for world champs and the Olympic Games in Paris next year. I also broke the South African record. Big shout out to my teammate @okhacker2 for an amazing race and 10 second PR as well.”

Participating in the B-race at the Night of Athletics, a World Athletics Continental Tour event in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium, Wildschutt, who is based in the United States, demonstrated his superiority over the international competition by comfortably outperforming his closest competitor, Olin Hacker from the United States, who finished in second place with a time of 13:09.94.

Source: TeamSA