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Boston, March 4: Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha smashed the world indoor record for the mile, clocking 3:47.01 at the Bruce Lehane Invitational in Boston, Massachusetts.
It was third time lucky for the 21-year-old, having narrowly missed out on breaking world indoor records in his two previous races.
He finished just 0.01 outside the world indoor mile record at the Millrose Games, clocking 3:48.46, and was then beaten to the world indoor 1500m record in Birmingham one week later when compatriot Samuel Tefera won in 3:31.04.
His official time was corrected to 3:47.01, which is also an outright Ethiopian record (bettering the outdoor mark). And his 1500m split was 3:31.25, just outside the world indoor record.
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In Boston, Kejelcha had set himself the target of breaking the world indoor records for both the 1,500M and the mile in the same race. He followed three different pacemakers for the opening laps and passed through 800m in 1:52. Worried the pace was not quick enough, he moved past the final pacemaker about two minutes into the race and was then out in front alone.
He was inside 2:51 with two laps remaining and kept up his swift pace for the last, 400M. The clock had already ticked over to 3:31 by the time he passed the 1,500M checkpoint, but he - and the eager fans - would have to wait until after the race to find out his official split. His immediate concern was reaching the finish line of the mile.
Kejelcha dug in deep and crossed the line in 3:47.01, taking 1.44sec off the previous world indoor record set by Hicham El Guerrouj in 1997. Moments later, his 1,500M split was confirmed at 3:31.25, making him the third-fastest indoor performer in history behind Tefera and El Guerrouj.
Kejelcha's mile time is also an outright Ethiopian record, bettering the outdoor mark of 3:48.60 set by Aman Wote.
USA's Johnny Gregorek finished second in 3:49.98, moving to sixth on the world indoor all-time list, just 0.09 shy of Bernard Lagat's North American indoor record.
(Source: IAAF Media)
