5 women who lit up the 2016 Diamond League

#5 Ruth Jebet

Ruth Jebet has ruled the 3000m steeplechase in 2016

The 3000m steeplechase is hardly the glamour event of track and field, but one athlete has brought it to life in 2016.

Bahrain’s Ruth Jebet stormed to the Diamond League trophy in the event, smashing records along the way. She dipped under the hallowed nine-minute mark in Eugene, but it was her performance at the Paris Diamond League that was most memorable.

Following a gold medal and a sub-nine minute performance in Rio, Jebet had nothing to prove – try telling her that. Just 12 days later and the newly crowned Olympic champion smashed the world record, running an incredible time of 8minutes 52.78 seconds. This is six seconds faster than any other female athlete in history.

She is the first Bahraini to win ever win a Diamond Race. What’s even more remarkable is that Jebet is only 19-years-old.