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US athlete Grant Fisher breaks two indoor world records in same week

Grant Fisher broke his second world indoor record within a week by finishing the 5,000 meters in 12 minutes, 44.09 seconds, eclipsing Kenenisa Bekele's 21-year-old mark by 5.51 seconds.
Fisher also set a new indoor world record in the 3,000 meters with a time of 7:22.91, surpassing Lamecha Girma's record of 7:23.81 from two years ago.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen set a new world record in the indoor mile at 3:45.14, breaking Yared Nuguse's record set just five days prior.
Ingebrigtsen also set a new world indoor 1,500 meter record, finishing in 3:29.63, improving his own mark from 2022.

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US athlete Grant Fisher breaks two indoor world records in same week

Just six days after he broke the indoor 3,000-meter world record, US middle-distance star Grant Fisher was once again celebrating on Friday, as he smashed the 5,000-meter indoor world record to cap off a dream week.

7 days ago·Atlanta, United States

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Grand Blanc runner Grant Fisher breaks 2 world records in a week

Just six days after he broke the indoor 3,000-meter world record, U.S. middle-distance star Grant Fisher was once again celebrating on Friday, as he smashed the 5,000-meter indoor world record to cap off a dream week.

7 days ago·Flint, United States

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The Park Record

Grant Fisher smashes second world record in a week

Parkite Olympian Grant Fisher didn’t need too much rest after shattering the indoor 3000m world record last Saturday – returning to the track six days later to break the indoor 5000m world record Friday by 5.51 seconds. Fisher crossed the finish line at Boston University’s Valentine Invitational with a time of 12:44.09. The previous record by Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele had stood since 2004. Fisher can now relax after a historic indoor season. Hi…

7 days ago

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Le Parisien

Athletics: Europe record for Jimmy Gressier on 5,000 m, Grant Fisher blows the world record

This Friday at the Boston meeting, the American Grant Fisher broke the world record in the 5,000-metre hall.The Frenchman Jimmy Gressier took over the best European brand.

7 days ago·Paris, France

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Grant Fisher ran another world record within a week

American runner Grant Fisher set a 5,000-meter indoor world record of 12:44.09 at a race in Boston, beating the previous best of 12:49.60 set by Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele in 2004 by more than five seconds.

8 days ago·Estonia

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Chicago Tribune

Grant Fisher sets world indoor mark in the 5,000 meters, his second record-breaking performance in a week

BOSTON — Grant Fisher broke his second world indoor record within a week when he shattered a 21-year-old mark in the 5,000 meters on Friday at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational. The American crossed the finish line in 12 minutes, 44.09 seconds to eclipse the mark that Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele set on Feb. 20, 2004, by 5.51 seconds. On Saturday at the Millrose Games, Fisher broke the indoor world record in the 3,000 meters when he finis…

8 days ago·Chicago, United States

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