At the prestigious Millrose Games in New York, Georgia Bell of Britain won the mile race with a personal best time.Bell, who won a bronze medal in the 1500m at the Olympics in Paris last year, finished in four minutes and 23.35 seconds at what is considered to be the world’s top indoor athletics competition. She held off the challenge from American duo Heather MacLean and Nikki Hiltz by putting on a strong performance and finishing strong.
After becoming ill, fellow countryman Josh Kerr, the 1500-meter world champion and Olympic silver medallist in Paris, was unable to compete in the men’s mile, the night’s last event.
Yared Nuguse of the United States, however, made sure the 117th meeting ended appropriately by winning with a new world indoor record time of 3:46.63. A new world record was previously achieved by Grant Fisher, who defeated Olympic 1500m champion Cole Hocker in the 3,000m. Throughout the race, the US pair engaged in a duel until Fisher, the bronze medallist in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters in Paris, overtook fellow countryman Hocker at the last turn. He smashed Ethiopia’s Lamecha Girma’s 2023 mark with a timing of seven minutes, 22.91 seconds. Hocker surpassed Girma’s previous record of 7:23.81 and crossed the finish line in 7:23.14. Fisher remarked, “That was a battle for the ages right there,”
Elsewhere, Olympic 100m hurdles champion Masai Russell won the 60m hurdles in a world-leading 7.76secs before Dylan Beard also set a world-leading time of 7.38secs in the men’s 60m hurdles.
The men’s 60m was won by Marcellus Moore in 6.56secs, with Jacious Sears’ world-leading time of 7.02secs landing her victory in the women’s 60m.
