More than two decades have had to pass for an athlete to end the hegemony imposed by Kenenisa Bekele: Grant Fisher has broken this Saturday the 5,000 -meter world record on covered track In BU David Hemery Valentine International De Boston (United States).
The American athlete, double Olympic bronze medalist and that A week ago the world record of 3,000 meters on covered track also beaten In New York, he added another plusmarca in a test in which he surpassed the Frenchman Jimmy Gressier after passing half of the tour.
Continued to expand its advantage during the second part of the race, passing the 3,000 meters in 7: 39.16 —A 16 seconds of the world record on the covered track of 7: 22.91 that marked last Saturday – and marking turns below 31 seconds.
After covering the last 400 meters in 59.36 seconds, finally crossed the finish line at 12: 44.09which allowed him to overcome for five seconds the previous world record in the distance, which had established the Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele in 2004 (12: 49.60).
For its part, Gressier retained second place with a mark of 12: 54.92, European record on covered track and absolute record of France.
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