Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Yared Nuguse race to the line in the mile at the Prefontaine Classic; putting on a show. The Bowerman Mile capped the first day of the Diamond League finale in Eugene, OR.
Ingebrigtsen bettered his own meet record with a time of 3:43.73. This is the fastest mile in a quarter century. The Norwegian is now the third-fastest miler in history. The current world record is held by Hicham El Gerrouj from 1999 at 3:43.13.
“It’s a very good race, a very good time, but there’s definitely some things that can still possibly improve,” Ingebrigtsen said.
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Meanwhile, Yared Nuguse improved the American record with his time of 3:43.97. The former record was held by Alan Webb set in 2007.
“I came in thinking 3:45 would be a really good race for me, and I was really excited to go out and get that,” Nuguse said. “Then I ran like 3:43, a second from the world record. I’m just like, How the hell did I do that?”
Ingebrigtsen had told Nuguse pre-race “Just stick to me as long as you can and you’ll get yourself 3:46.”
Cheeky, but accurate and turned out to be true.
Taking third was Briton George Mills in a new personal best time of 3:47.65.
All 13 finishers clocked well below 4:00. Eleven went sub-3:50.
Results
POS | NAME | NAT | RESULT |
---|---|---|---|
1 | INGEBRIGTSEN Jakob | NOR | 3:43.73 Official AR DLR MR WL PB |
2 | NUGUSE Yared | USA | 3:43.97 Official AR PB |
3 | MILLS George | GBR | 3:47.65 Official PB |
4 | GARCÍA Mario | ESP | 3:47.69 Official NR PB |
5 | CHERUIYOT Reynold Kipkorir | KEN | 3:48.06 Official WU20R |
6 | HOCKER Cole | USA | 3:48.08 Official PB |
7 | NORDÅS Narve Gilje | NOR | 3:48.24 Official PB |
8 | HABZ Azeddine | FRA | 3:48.64 Official NR PB |
9 | LAROS Niels | NED | 3:48.93 Official NR SB |
10 | McSWEYN Stewart | AUS | 3:49.32 Official SB |
11 | TANNER Samuel | NZL | 3:49.51 Official PB |
12 | GILES Elliot | GBR | 3:51.63 Official PB |
13 | KIPSANG Abel | KEN | 3:53.50 Official SB |
DNF | MYERS Cameron | AUS | |
DNF | SOWINSKI Erik 400m – 55.9 sec. 800m – 1:51.8 min. 1200m – 2:46.3 | USA |
Full results
The meet continues Sunday.