At the time, such changes were considered controversial, but not nearly as controversial as the plan to put the calendar back into sync with the seasons.
Gidey's winning time of 14:06.62 took almost five seconds off the previous world 5000m record, set by fellow Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba in Oslo in 2008. Cheptegei, meanwhile, covered 10,000m in 26:11.00
