WORLD RECORDS FOR FISHER, NUGUSE AT 117TH MILLROSE GAMES
By David Monti, @d9monti.bsky.social
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NEW YORK (08-Feb) — Americans Grant Fisher and Yared Nuguse set world indoor records in the 3000m and mile, respectively, at a spectacular 117th edition of the Millrose Games at the Nike Track & Field Center at The Armory. The capacity crowd roared when Fisher out-sprinted reigning Olympic 1500m gold medalist Cole Hocker, 7:22.91 to 7:23.14, and Nuguse held off his Olympic teammate Hobbs Kessler, 3:46.63 to 3:46.90.
Neither record was expected. Fisher was hoping for a robust head-to-head race with Hocker –an athlete he rarely faces as a 5000m/10,000m athlete– and Nuguse was primarily focused on trying to win his third straight NYRR Wanamaker Mile, expecting to face 2023 world 1500m champion Josh Kerr of Great Britain. But the early pace in the 3000m was fast enough for a world record race, and Kerr never left the race hotel because of a sudden illness.
“The race tactic was going to be the same,” Nuguse told reporters. “I’m going to go to the front and grind no matter what anyone else does. I will say that it was sad not to see him (Kerr) in the race, but these things happen.”
Pacemaker Abe Alvarado did a great job getting the race out fast, and the pack of 11 contenders soon strung out. Nuguse followed Alvarado closely with Kessler, Germany’s Robert Farken, and France’s Azzedine Habz, keeping pace. With two laps to go, the running order was the same but going into the final lap, Farken got dropped (he would finish eighth in 3:49.93). Nuguse looked tired but would not let up.
“You don’t let up; keep grinding,” Nuguse said of his final lap. “If I let up anywhere, they would pass me and take the win for themselves. So, I said, don’t let up after the pacemaker falls off, not for a second. Just keep going.”
Kessler could not match Nuguse’s top speed and had to settle for second. Interestingly, Kessler remains the second-fastest American indoors despite lowering his personal best by nearly two seconds. Third place went to Australian 18-year-old star Cam Myers, who broke his world U20 record set at the Armory last month. Myers’s 3:47.48 tonight also set an Australian open record. Habz set a French record in fourth place (3:47.56), while the University of Virginia’s Gary Martin chopped nearly six seconds off of his personal best in fifth…
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