The Ethiopian Lamecha Girma broke the world record for the 3000m indoors by more than a second by winning in 7 min 23 sec 81 at the meeting in Liévin (Pas-de-Calais), Wednesday February 15. The previous world record was more than 25 years old: Kenyan Daniel Komen clocked 7min 24sec 90 in Budapest on February 6, 1998. Girma, 22, raced in the lead in the last four laps, closely followed by the Spaniard Mohamed Katir, who broke the European record in 7 min 24 sec 68, a time also lower than the old world record. The Ethiopian specializes in the 3000m outdoor steeplechase, a discipline in which he was Olympic vice-champion in 2021 in Tokyo and world vice-champion in 2019 in Doha and 2022 in Eugene. Indoors, he also won the silver medal, in the 3000m, at the 2022 Worlds.
3000m indoor world record for Ethiopian Lamecha Girma
