Athletics - World Athletics Indoor Tour - Arena Stade Couvert, Lievin, France - February 9, 2021 Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay poses as she celebrates winning the women's 1500m and setting a new world record REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
(Reuters) - Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay smashed the world indoor 1500m record by over two seconds in Lievin, France on Tuesday, beating Laura Muir, who became the first British woman to break the four-minute barrier when finishing second.
Tsegay blew the rest of the field away at the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais with a blistering time of 3:53.09, taking more than two seconds off the world indoor record set by compatriot Genzebe Dibaba in Karlsruhe in 2014.
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