AFP NEW YORK (AFP-Jiji) — Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha crushed the world indoor mile record on Sunday with a time of 3 minutes 47.01 seconds at the Bruce Lehane Invitational in Boston. The 21-year-old broke a record that was older than he is — the mark of 3:48.45 set by Morocco’s Hicham El Gerrouj on Feb. 12, 1997. It was third time lucky for Kejelcha, who narrowly missed out on breaking world indoor records in his two previous races. He finished just 0.01 outside the indoor mile record at the Millrose Games with a time of 3:48.46, and was then beaten to the world indoor 1,500-meter record in Birmingham one week later when compatriot Samuel Tefera won in 3:31.04. Kejelcha had set out in Boston to break the indoor world records for both the mile and 1,500, but his 1,500 split was confirmed at 3:31.25 — the third-fastest ever behind Tefera and El Guerrouj.Speech

Source: Ethiopian News March 04, 2019 10:30 UTC