Barega the world indoor 3000 meters silver medalist finished in second place with a season best time of 130267. Seattleethiopias yomif kejelcha leftfile photo by paul merca pulled an out of the blue mark in the mens mile to electrify the crowd assembled at the dempsey indoor for the uw indoor preview on the campus of the university of washington saturday. Yomif kejelchas mile record led to a scoreboard full of fast times. Kejelcha the two time iaaf world indoor champion at 3000 meters who trains as part of the beaverton based nike oregon project ran a. However kejelcha fell to the ground allowing barega and other runners to pass him. His time of 34701 broke the previous indoor mile world record of 34845 set in 1997.
4 years ago 05302015 1028pm cdt. Ethiopian yomif kejelcha won a battle among the three fastest active 5000m runners bounding from selemon barega to win by 55 in 130416. Back to index forum index. Barega won last years diamond league final in 1243. He defeated 2008 olympic medallist nick willis and former world champion bernard lagat. Yomif kejelcha made his international debut at the 2013 world youth championships in donetsk winning gold in the boys 3000 metres with a time of 75356.
At the ostrava golden spike elite meeting in may 2014 he placed second over 3000 metres in 73628 losing only to kenyas caleb ndiku. What will they try next. He then grabbed hold of 18 year old compatriot selemon baregas shorts and dragged him. Kevin morris in a tight tight decision which even found one member of our panel lobbying for a tie yomif kejelcha has been chosen as our 19 mens indoor athlete of the year over samuel tefera. In a battle of recordsetting ethiopian milers tefera won the battle but. No wonder this guy could beat rupp and all the others at 5k yesterday.
Sign up to our news and offers. I consent that the eurosport family of companies may provide me with news and marketing information about their products and services. Yomif kejelcha 20 had burst into the lead at the bell but stumbled when approaching the final straight. Yomif kejelcha set a new indoor 1 mile world record at the bruce lehane invitational on sunday in boston.
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