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Gudaf Tsegay broke the women’s world record in the 1,500m indoor on Tuesday after setting a time of 3 minutes 53.09 seconds during a meeting in Lievin, France.
Ethiopian Tsegay beat the previous record set by compatriot Genzebe Dibaba in Karlsruhe, Germany, in 2014 by more than two seconds.
American Grant Holloway ran the second fastest time in the men’s 60m hurdles, clocking in at 7.32 seconds to leave him behind only Colin Jackson’s world record of 7.30 seconds since 1994.
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“I’m not really surprised. I worked to do that. I have to keep this dynamic and stay under 7.40 constantly, ”said Holloway, the reigning 110m hurdles world champion.
Ethiopia’s Getnet Wale was 0.08 seconds short of the men’s 3,000-meter indoor world record, his time of 7: 24.98 just shy of Daniel Komen’s 1998 mark.
Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen won the men’s 1,500m in 3: 31.80, the fifth fastest indoor time in history and a new European record.
“I always want to run fast, but it was my first race in 2021 … Today was really easy,” he said.
Armand Duplantis won the men’s pole vault with a best record of 5.86m, the Swede was unable to replicate his form from the weekend in Rouen when he shot to the season-leading 6.03m.
The world record holder grimaced after clearing the bar on the first try and didn’t try another height, quickly donning his tracksuit.
Cuban Juan Miguel Echevarría, the 2018 indoor world champion, recorded a world-leading jump of 8.25 m in the men’s long jump.
He surpassed the effort of American Marquis Dendy of 8.21m established in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on Sunday. Miltiadis Tentoglou matched that mark when he finished second behind Echevarria in France.
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