The Spanish runner clocks 2:14.52 and surpasses Wilson Kipketer’s mark but falls short of Ayanleh Souleiman’s world record.
Mohamed Attaoui’s attempt to break Ayanleh Souleiman’s indoor 1,000m world record, set a decade ago at 2:14.20, fell short. The Spaniard clocked 2:14.52 to become No. 3 in the all-time world ranking and ahead of Wilson Kipketer’s European record of 2:14.96.
Attaoui sat behind pacemaker Filip Ostrowski and ran the 800 meters in 1:45.58 before struggling a bit on the final lap as Mariano Garcia was second in 2:16.40 and Britain’s Alex Botterill fourth in 2:17.69.
Attaoui, 24, has an 800m best of 1:42.04 outdoors and was fifth at the world finals in Tokyo last year and runner-up to Frenchman Gabriel Tual at the 2024 European Championships.
On the other hand, in the men’s 60 meters hurdles Enrique Llopis set a Spanish record of 7.45 to surpass Lorenzo Simonelli (7.50).
Oman’s Ali Al Balushi won the 60 meters in 6.53 from Cuba’s Yenns Fernandez (6.56) while Great Britain’s Eugene Amo-Dadzie equaled his PB of 6.59 for third.
In the women’s 400 meters, Lieke Klaver of the Netherlands won in 51.26 ahead of Blanca Hervás of Spain (51.59), while Ethiopia’s Birke Haylom ran 4:02.37 in the women’s 1,500 meters beating Nadia Battocletti, the Italian who equaled Marta Zenoni’s national record of 4:03.59.
Audrey Werro won the women’s 800 metres, but hopes of a fast time were dashed when it became a tactical affair and she clocked 2:00.68, slower than Spanish B race winner Rocío Arroya’s 1:59.97.
