Ethiopia' Gudaf Tsegay broke the women's world record for the indoor 1500 metres on Tuesday, after posting a time of three minutes, 53.09 seconds during a meeting in Lievin. Ethiopian Tsegay broke the record set by her compatriot Genzebe Dibaba in Karlsruhe in 2014.

Gudaf Tsegay set a new 1,500 m indoor world record by finishing in 3 minutes 53.09 seconds at the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais on Tuesday. She followed the swift early tempo as the pacemaker led the field through 400m (58.97) and exited just before 800m, which Tsegay passed in 2:05.94. With three laps to go, Tsegay had a four-second lead over double European indoor champion Laura Muir but she showed no signs of slowing down, passing through 1000m in 2:37.36.
The clock read 2:52.9 with two laps to go and Tsegay kept up her speed with another lap just outside 30 seconds. She crossed the line in 3:53.09, taking more than two seconds off the world indoor record set by compatriot Genzebe Dibaba in Karlsruhe in 2014.

Meanwhile, Jakob Ingebrigtsen won the men's 1500m in 3min 31.80, the fifth-fastest indoor time in history and a new European record. "I always want to run fast but it was my first race in 2021... Today it was really easy," said the Norwegian.

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