Genzebe Dibaba broke a 26-year indoor mile record in Stockholm on Wednesday. (Photo: CBCOlympics)
Associated Press
Genzebe Dibaba set a new world record in the indoor mile on Wednesday, beating a record that had stood for 26 years.
The Ethiopian’s time of 4 minutes, 13.31 seconds beat Doina Melinte’s record set in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in 1990 by nearly four seconds. It was the third consecutive year Dibaba had set an indoor world record in Stockholm, having previously set the 3,000 and 5,000 metre records.
On a night of record breaking, Djibouti’s Ayanleh Souleiman also set a new indoor record for the 1,000, streaking away on the final lap of the race to clock 2:14.20.
The previous record of 2:14.96 had been set by Denmark’s Wilson Kipketer in 2000.
Souleiman’s time still needs to be ratified by the ruling IAAF.
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