Korir also broke the National record of 1:44.71 held by Joseph Mwengi Mutua set on January 31, 2004 during the Sparkassen Cup in Stuttgart, Germany. Shadowing USA's Donavan Brazier for much of the race, Korir broke away in the waning stages to become the third fastest ever man over the distance indoors. Korir was the favourite heading to the London World Championships by virtue of having ran a world lead of 1:43.10 with victory in Monaco in July. “I had never experienced that before.”Another highlight during the 111th edition of the Games NYRR Millrose Game was the USA quartet that broke broke the world indoor record in the women's 4x800m. The crowd definitely pushed me across on that last lap.”Olympic 400m champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo made her 2018 debut an auspicious one, equalling the 35.45 world indoor best in the rarely-run 300m.

Source: Daily Nation February 04, 2018 15:22 UTC