The American Noah Lylesin the flat 60s, and the Ethiopian Lamecha Girma and the Spanish Martha Garciaat 3,000 meters, some of the great heroes of this Sunday of New Balance Boston Grand Prixfrom the World Athletics indoor gold circuit.
The fastest man in 2023, the American Noah Lylesthe world champion of the 100 and 200, won his first race of the year unopposed, a 60with a note of 6.44 which was the meet record and his personal best – previously 6.51 – over the distance. He also became the world leader in the distance less than a month before the Indoor World Cup in Glasgow.
Another of the athletes who rose to fame in Boston was the Ethiopian Lamecha Girmathree-time world runner-up in the 3,000 hurdles, who showed his great prowess in 3,000 winning with time of 7:29.09 -rally record-, with more than ten seconds ahead of Kenyan Edwin Kurgat, second with 7:39.38.
A week after breaking the Spanish 5,000 indoor record at the John Thomas Terrier Classic, also in Boston, Martha Garcia beat his second national indoor record. This time it’s on 3,000 meters after stopping the clock 8:38.34dropped 8:40.98 by Marta Dominguez on March 10, 2001 in Lisbon.
Marta García participated in a very fast race in the American city which was won by Jessica Hull in 8:24.93, the Australian national record. He was eighth in the final and achieved the lowest distance for the Indoor World Championships in Glasgow (Scotland).
Naa 1,500 two Spaniards contested, the man from Granada Ignacio Fontes and the Leonese Saúl Ordoñez.
Fontes finished sixth with 3:37.59, the RFEA minimum for the World Cupand Ordoñez retired after losing its meaning. Victory for the Americans Hobbs Kesslerroad world champion, who stopped the clock 3:33.66his personal best, just ahead of the favourite, Britain’s Jake Wightman, second in 3:34.06, also with a personal best.
The 1,000 meters They were completely dominated by the 800m outdoor world champion, the Canadian Marco Aropwho ran alone for a large part of the race until reaching the finish line 2:14.74, national record.
The Spanish Mariano Garciacurrent indoor world champion 800, finished the race strong although he was unable to fight for the podium. graduate fifth with 2:17.97close to his personal record for the distance: 2:17.51.
Another Spaniard, Lorraine Martinhe concluded fifth in 800 meters with 2:02.03only three hundred RFEA minimum for the Glasgow Indoor World Championships.
Naa Men’s 60 hurdlesthe American Grant Hollowayindoor world champion in Belgrade 2022, won with the 7.35 and became the leader of the year in the discipline ahead of his compatriot Trey Cunningham, second with 7.49.
The final of 60 women’s hurdles It was awarded to the American boy Aunt Jones23 years old, who registered 7.72three hundredths less than the 7.75 of Nigerian Tobi Amusan, world outdoor champion in the 100 hurdles in Eugene 2022.
The rally closed at 1,500 women, which was contested until the final Ethiopian round Gudaf Tsgay, indoor world champion in 2022, and his compatriot Birke Haylom. Victory went to Tsegay, who reached the last fifty meters with one gear more than his rival and stopped the clock in 3:58.11, rally record.
The two Spanish women in the race, Esther Guerrero and Marta Perezthey finished fifth (4:07.67) and octave (4:08.40), respectively, after the full test in the chasing group of two Ethiopian athletes.
Source: La Verdad
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