Brazier and Miller-uibo win in national indoor track records
NEW YORK: Reigning world 800-meter champion Donavanbrazierand2016olympic400mchampion Shaunae Miller-uibo cruised to victories in national record times on Saturday at a World Athletics Indoor meet in New York.
Brazier broke his American record to win in 1:44.21, this year’s world’s fastest 800 and .01 under his old US mark set last February in New York.
Brazier, who finished 2.05 seconds ahead of British runner-up Jamie Webb, says he’s ready for the Tokyo Olympics.
Miller-uibo won in a Bahamas record 50.21, breaking Christine Amertil’s mark of 50.34 from 2006 in Moscow with this year’s best time.
There were 11 national records set in all at the New Balance Grand Prix, contested without spectators due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It was moved from Boston because its usual venue is being used as a vaccination site.
Oliver Hoare took the 1,500 in an Australian record 3:32.35, passing British runner-up Jake Wightman on the final curve to win by 2.13 seconds with Sam Tanner third in a New Zealand record 3:34.72.
The old Aussie mark was 3:35.10 by Stewart Mcsweyn in 2019 while the former Kiwi standard was 3:35.80 by Nick Willis in 2010, both set at Birmingham, England. Bryce Hoppel won the 1,000 in an American record 2:16.27, .49 under the old mark by David Torrence in 2014 at Boston.
Canada’s Marco Arop was second in 2:17.10 with Charlie Grice third in a British record 2:17.20.
World 200m outdoor champion Noah Lyles won the 200 in 20.80.
Trayvon Bromell, the 2016 world indoor champion, won the 60 in 6.50 to top an all-us podium.
WILSON WINS AFTER TWEAK: World indoor champion Keni Harrison won the 60m hurdles in 7.82, this year’s world best and .07 ahead of British runner-up Tiffany Porter.
American Ajee Wilson, a two-time world medalist indoors and outdoors, won the 800 in 2:01.79 in her first race in nearly a year ater tweaking a hamstring in training.
Sandi Morris, the 2018 indoor world champion and 2016 Olympic runner-up, won the pole vault by clearing 4.60m.
Elle Purrier won the two-mile in an American indoor record 9:10.28, smashing the old mark of 9:18.35 by Jenny Simpson in 2015 at Boston.
CHEPKOECH CLAIMS 5KM RECORD BY ONE SECOND: Kenya’s Beatrice Chepkoech set a new road five kilometre world best time on Sunday, beating the old mark on the streets of Monaco by one second. The 29-year-old added to her 3,000m steeplechase world record with a time of 14 minutes 43 seconds in Monaco.
“Even though there was a lot of wind, I managed to run right on pace,” she said.
“In the end, my pacemaker (Luuk Maas) told me ‘we can do it, let’s push it’. I’m really happy with this world record!”