Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay smashed the world indoor 1500m record by over two seconds in Lievin, France, beating Laura Muir, who became the first British woman to break the four-minute barrier when finishing second.
Tsegay blew the rest of the field away at the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais with a blistering time of 3:53.09, taking more than two seconds off the world indoor record set by compatriot Genzebe Dibaba in Karlsruhe in 2014.
Gudaf Tsegay destroys world indoor 1500m record by two seconds at @Meeting_Lievin #WorldIndoorTour pic.twitter.com/vQpEoecLYt
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“I’m very happy to set a world indoor record,” said Tsegay. “I have been training really hard and I set myself a target to break the world indoor record.”
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