BIRMINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – Poland’s sensational 400 metres relay men and inspired British hurdler Andrew Pozzi transformed the final day of the world indoor championships into an athletics celebration as the sport bade a fond farewell to Roger Bannister yesterday. A few hours after the announcement of the death of the pioneer who first broke the four-minute mile, the Polish 4×400 metres relay quartet set a world indoor record of three minutes 01.77 seconds. Krzewina swept past a tiring Vernon Norwood with a magnificent anchor leg after the Americans had led throughout and had looked on course to break the record themselves. Fellow Ethiopian Selemon Barega took silver, missing out on his bid to become the youngest-everworld indoor winner at 18 years and 43 days. American long jumper Brittney Reese failed in her bid for a fourth world indoor crown, having to settle instead for silver as Serbian Ivana Spanovic produced the best leap of the year, 6.96 metres.

Source: Ethiopian News March 05, 2018 06:00 UTC