World record-beating 14.41 time highly unlikely to be ratifiedTimekeeper qualifications and lack of referee scupper recordBeth Potter is facing fresh disappointment as her world record-beating 5km road time is highly unlikely to be ratified as a
UK record, the Guardian understands, as the timekeeper did not have a national level qualification and there was no referee on site.
The triathlon specialist surprised everybody – including herself – by running 14:41 at the Podium 5km event in Barrowford in Lancashire on Saturday night to beat the world benchmark set by Beatrice Chepkoech by two seconds and Paula Radcliffe’s
British best by 10sec. But it has since become clear it will not count as a world record under World Athletics rules, as no drug testers were on site to take “the first passing of urine”.