Athletics-American Fisher smashes 3,000m indoor world record


FILE PHOTO: Grant Fisher of United States. Paris, France, August 03, 2024. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez/File Photo

(Reuters) - American Grant Fisher smashed the world indoor 3,000 metres record at the Millrose Games in New York on Saturday, in a thrilling duel with Olympic 1,500 meters champion Cole Hocker.

Fisher and Hocker were locked in battle throughout the race before Fisher passed his fellow American off the final turn to clock seven minutes 22.91 seconds, lowering Ethiopian Lamecha Girma's world mark of 7:23.81 set in 2023.

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