• Dibaba smashes world mile record
Article source: AthleticsEthiopian superstar Genzebe Diaba broke the world indoor mile record at the Globen Galan meeting at Ericsson Globe indoor arena in Stockholm.
Dibaba crossed the line in a sensational time of 4:13:32 breaking the previous world mile indoor record by almost 4 seconds. Previous world mile indoor record belonged to Doina Melinte of Romanina who clocked 4:17:14 in 1990 in an indoor meeting in the United States.
Here are Dibaba's splits
Mile 4:13:32
1200m 3:10.77
1000m 2:38:84
800m 2:06.69
400m 63.59
Over the last two indoor seasons Dibaba has broken two world indoor records (8:16:60 in 3000m in 2014 and 14:18:86 in 5000m in 2015) in Stockholm's Ericsson Globe indoor arena.
Results Women's Mile
| 1 | Genzebe Dibaba | 91 | ETH | 4:13.31 | WR | ||
| 2 | Gudaf Tsegay | 97 | ETH | 4:24.98 | PB | ||
| 3 | Axumawit Embaye | 94 | ETH | 4:27.75 | |||
| 4 | Rabab Arrafi | 91 | MAR | 4:30.10 | |||
| 5 | Sara Lahti | 95 | SWE | Hässelby SK | 4:30.42 | NR | |
| 6 | Sofia Ennaoui | 95 | POL | 4:30.43 | |||
| 7 | Sandra Eriksson | 89 | FIN | 4:30.91 | |||
| 8 | Hannah England | 87 | GBR | 4:31.53 | |||
| 9 | Linn Nilsson | 90 | SWE | Hälle IF | 4:33.07 | ||
| 10 | Baso Sado | 91 | ETH | 4:39.27 | |||
| 11 | Katarzyna Broniatowska | 90 | POL | 4:47.51 | |||
| Anna Silvander | 93 | SWE | IFK Lidingö | DNF | |||
| Joanna Jozwik | 91 | POL | DNF |
Ayanleh Souleiman breaks 1000m world record, while 19-year-old Abdalelah Haroun sets 500m world best.
The first world record at Globen Gala meet went down when former world indoor 1500m champion Ayanleh Souleiman of Djibouti ran 2:14:20 to break Wilson Kipketer's 16-year-old record. Dutch runner Bram Som, who was the pacer did his job perfectly as he lead Souleiman through 800m in 1:46.
Another world record was set in the rarely run event the 500m by Qatar's sensation Abdalelah Haroun. The 19-year-old Haroun managed to become the first athlete in history to run the event under 60 seconds. Haroun's time was 59.83 seconds. Previous official 500 meters world record of 1:00.17 set by Ken Lowery of United States back on January 16, 1987 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
In the men's 800m Poland's Adam Kszczot clocked 1:45:63 to set new world lead. Second place Musaeb Balla of France of Qatar clcoked 1:45.93. Abdelaati Iguider of Morocco posted world lead in the 3000m as she clocked 7:39.04 for the win.
Nikoléta Kiriakopoúlou of Greece won the women's pole vault with a mark of 4.81m breaking her own Greece record by 1cm.
In the women's 200m Jeneba Tarmoh (23.38sec) of the United States edged Michelle-Lee Ahye (23.39) of Trinidad Tobago FTW.
