With eyes popping and skin turned to goose bumps, 40,500 fans urged Gesa Krause on for the last lap of the women’s steeplechase – and after crossing the finish line the German went to complete the fastest lap of honour ever in the history of ISTAF. She had just made history, improving not only her own national record for the 2,000m steeplechase but gone faster than any woman in history, setting a world record in 5:52.80!
