Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia improved the women's world indoor 1,500-meter record at the recent World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Lievin. The 24-year-old world bronze medallist on Tuesday clocked 3:53.09 to wrap up the convincing win, beating the previous world indoor record of 3:55.17 set by compatriot Genzebe Dibaba in 2014. Double European indoor champion Laura Muir finished second with a British indoor record of 3:59.58, followed by her team-mate Melissa Courtney-Bryant in 4:04.79. "I'm very happy to set a world indoor record," said Tsegay as per the World Athletics website. "I have been training really hard and I set myself a target to break the world indoor record."

Source: Ethiopian News February 10, 2021 05:03 UTC