The 1,500 women and men exploded in Liévin, in the second round of the World Indoor Tour, with, respectively, a world record and a European record.
Ethiopian
Gudaf Tsegay
(3: 53.09) shattered the mark of her compatriot
Genzebe Dibaba
(3: 55.17).
For his part,
Jakob Ingebrigtsen
, that 20-year-old Norwegian prodigy, made 3: 31.80 and abruptly sent the Spaniard
Andrés Díaz
, the previous starter with 3: 33.32, to the trunk of glorious memories.
They were two similar triumphs: those of the lonely stars, dominating the races from absolute superiority, greatly improving the previous primates, erasing them with a push.
There were no more agonies in them than those of the victors fighting with and against themselves to achieve amazing goals.
Much more in these times, in which the pandemic and its uncertainties threaten traditional incentives and goals.
But sport has offered us a lesson not only in survival, but in overcoming.
You are being worthy of your highest values.
The indoor track continues to provide us with many satisfactions.
These records have been joined to the two World Cups that, days ago, were set by
Ryan Crouser
(USA) in shot put (22.82) and
Hugues Fabrice Zango
(Burkina Faso) in triple jump (18.07).
And to other records of enormous value such as the 2.06 in high jump of the Ukrainian
Yaroslava Mahuchikh
.
Liévin was not stranded on that aforementioned world record.
The Ethiopian
Getnet Wale
, another twenty-something, stayed very close to a second record when he ran the 3,000 in 7: 24.98, on the edge of the 7: 24.90 of the Kenyan
Daniel Komen
, dating from 1998. And, bordering on a third, in the 60 hurdles, the American
Grant Holloway
established with 7.32 the second best mark in history, after the 7.30 that
Colin Jackson
achieved in the already remote 1994. And the Cuban
Juan Miguel Echevarría
reached 8.25 in length, ahead of the Greek
Miltiadis Tentoglu
(8.21).
The best of the Spaniards was carried out, in those 1,500, by
Mohamed Katir
, third with 3: 36.89 and Ignacio Fontes, fourth with the same mark.
In this glittering Liévin, the only thing to lament was
Armand Duplantis'
injury
.
The pole vault world record holder won with 5.86, but the injury interrupted, at least for the moment, a very promising season in which the young Swede has already passed six meters twice (6.01 and 6.03 ).
The next stage of this indoor World Tour will take place in Boston on the 13th. Let the party continue.
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