The 23-year-old Ethiopian, who ran a world 5,000m record to 14:06.62 in Valencia last October, thus becomes the first woman to hold world marks at both distances since Norway’s Ingrid Kristiansen, who held that distinction from 1986 to 1993.

At the Fanny Blankers-Koen Games, Hassan had taken more than ten seconds off the mark of 29:17.45 set by Ethiopia’s Almaz Ayana in winning the Rio 2016 title and the mark looked as if it would last for a while.

But not as far as the 23-year-old who had taken silver behind her at the Doha 2019 World Championships was concerned.

"I expected to run a world record," she said after she and her fellow racers had chased the blue lights on the inside of the track moving at world record pace.

“I’d like to try to break the world record again and break 29 minutes."

Gidey went through the bell just a couple of seconds inside 28 minutes, indicating she’d need a final lap of about 68 seconds to break Hassan’s mark. Despite having to navigate around a field of lapped runners she finished more than a minute ahead of Tsigie Gebreselama, who clocked 30:06.01.

Ababel Yeshaneh tracked Gidey for most of the way as they followed the blue lights on the inside of the track, the Wavelight technology moving at world record pace.

Tsehay Gemechu was third in 30:19.29.

Elsewhere in Hengelo, Gudaf Tsegay produced the fifth-fastest time in history to win the women’s 5,000m in 14:13.32 and steeplechase specialist Getnet Wale won the men’s event in 12:53.28.

Selemon Barega won a close men’s 10,000m from Yomif Kejelcha, 26:49.51 to his rival's 26:49.73.

Unheralded Werkwuha Getachew smashed through the two-minute barrier for the first time in her career to win the women’s 800m in a national record of 1:56.67, while Freweyni Hailu won the women’s 1500m in a 2021 world-leading 3:57.33.

Earlier in the evening at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland, Polish javelin thrower Marcin Krukowski earned victory over a world class field in a national record of 89.55 metres.

Krukowski’s flourish came on a damp evening at this two-part World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting when two of Poland’s legendary hammer throwers, double Olympic gold medallist Anita Wlodarczyk and four-times world champion Pawel Fajdek, were defeated by compatriots.

In a field that included the current world champion, Anderson Peters of Grenada and the London 2012 Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago, Krukowski announced his intent by taking a first round lead with 84.68m and increased it with 85.60 in the third round before producing his best effort in the next round.

Walcott finished second on 82.84, a season’s best, with Peters seventh on 80.01.

In rainy conditions - which later cleared - Fajdek had no answer to an effort of 80.77 metres thrown by Wojciech Nowicki, while Wlodarczyk had to give best to Malwina Kopron, who threw 75.40m.

Fajdek finished third with a sixth round effort of 78.29m - after five fouls - behind his team mate and Quentin Bigot of France, who threw a personal best of 79.70m.

Wlodarczyk also finished third with 72.42m, with second place going to Alexandra Tavernier of France on 72.80m.

Meanwhile Poland’s former joint world indoor record holder Kamila Licwinko was joint winner again in the high jump after she and Australia’s Eleanor Patterson cleared 1.93m and were level on countback.

Home triple jumper Senni Salminen won with a national record of 14.51 metres that was also enough for a Tokyo 2020 qualifying standard, with Jamaica’s double Commonwealth champion Kimberley Williams second on 14.29m.

But home 100m hurdler Annimari Korte had to settle for second place in a season’s best of 12.91sec, just 0.01sec adrift of winner Luca Kozak of Hungary.

The men’s 800m saw Kenya’s Cornelius Tuwei take victory in 1min 44.42sec ahead of fellow countryman Ferguson Rotich, who clocked 1:44.59, with Poland’s Mateusz Borkowski third in a personal best of 1:44.85 and Britain’s Jamie Webb fourth in 1:45.13, a season’s best.

Britain’s David King won the 110m hurdles in 13.37 ahead of Poland’s Damian Czykier, who clocked 13.50.

Britain’s Imani Lansiquot won the women’s 100m in 11.40 ahead of home sprinter Lotta Kemppinen, who clocked 11.41.