Reigning Olympic champion Ingebrigtsen, 21, clocks 3:30.60 to eclipse 2019 mark produced by Tefera, prevailing against Ethiopian athlete by more than three seconds in Lievin; Seyaum elevates to No. 3 all-time in women’s indoor 3,000 and Holloway continues 60-meter hurdles unbeaten streak

By Erik Boal, DyeStat Editor

Jakob Ingebrigtsen not only ran the fastest indoor 1,500-meter race in history Thursday at the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais in Lievin, but he achieved the feat with an emphatic victory over the previous world record holder.

Ingebrigtsen, the reigning Olympic 1,500 champion from Tokyo, ran 3 minutes, 30.60 seconds to prevail against Samuel Tefera of Ethiopia (3:33.70). Tefera, the 2018 World Indoor gold medalist, produced the previous indoor 1,500 all-time mark of 3:31.04 in 2019 in Birmingham, England.

Ingebrigtsen, 21, had run 3:31.80 in Lievin last year to elevate to the No. 5 all-time indoor competitor.

He closed in 27.57 seconds over the final 200 on Thursday to secure his first world all-time best effort, following several Norwegian national records and historic European performances.

Dawit Seyaum of Ethiopia became the third-fastest female competitor in the indoor 3,000 meters, clocking 8:23.24.

Seyaum, who ran the No. 4 time in history, trails only fellow countrywomen Genzebe Dibaba (8:16.60) and Gudaf Tsegay (8:22.65). Ethiopian women have produced the nine fastest indoor 3,000 marks in history, with American record holder Karissa Schweizer (8:25.70) rounding out the top 10.

Ejgayehu Taye, another Ethiopian athlete, was second in 8:26.77, helping her ascend to the No. 10 all-time indoor competitor.

Tsegay dominated in the women’s mile in 4:21.72, as four Ethiopian athletes and seven competitors overall ran sub-4:30.

American Grant Holloway lowered his own world-leading effort in the men’s 60-meter hurdles to 7.35 seconds.

Holloway, 24, has 10 sub-7.40 marks in his career, surpassing Great Britain’s Colin Jackson with his nine performances for the most in history.

Since competing over 42-inch hurdles at Florida and as an adidas professional athlete, Holloway has won 44 consecutive 60-meter hurdles races and 22 finals in a row, a streak that began in 2017. Including prep competition over 39-inch barriers at Grassfield High in Virginia, Holloway hasn’t lost a 60 hurdles race since the 2014 New Balance Nationals Indoor final.

France’s Pascal Martinot-Lagarde was second in 7.46 and American Jarret Eaton took third in 7.51.

Natoya Goule-Toppin of Jamaica ran a world-leading 1:58.46 in the women’s 800, edging Halimah Nakaayi of Uganda (1:58.58), with Kenya’s Eglay Nalyanya placing third (2:00.26).

Anzhelika Sidorova, an authorized neutral athlete from Russia, won the women’s pole vault with a 15-11 (4.85m) clearance. Iryna Zhuk of Belarus edged Olympic champion Katie Nageotte, competing from a short approach, based on fewer attempts for second place after both athletes cleared 15-9 (4.80m).

Lazaro Martinez of Cuba achieved a world-leading 56-5.75 (17.21m) in the triple jump in his first career indoor competition.

Samuel Zeleke of Ethiopia ascended to the No. 16 all-time competitor in the men’s indoor 2,000 meters by clocking 4:57.00, leading five athletes under 5 minutes.

Olympic 100-meter gold medalist Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy prevailed in the men’s 60-meter dash by a 6.50 to 6.52 margin over American Cravont Charleston.

Olympic silver medalist Chris Nilsen cleared 19-4.75 (5.91m) in the men’s pole vault, with Brazil’s Thiago Braz da Silva and Dutch athlete Menno Vloon both achieving 19-0.75 (5.81m).

Spain’s Mariano Garcia edged British athlete Elliot Giles in the men’s 800 by a 1:46.29 to 1:46.50 margin.

Ethiopian athletes swept the top three spots in a thrilling men’s 3,000, with Lamecha Girma emerging victorious in 7:30.54, followed by Selemon Barega (7:30.66) and Getnet Wale (7:30.88).

Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela, the Olympic triple jump champion and world record holder, secured victory in the long jump with a leap of 22-4.25 (6.81m).

France’s Laeticia Baptiste triumphed in the women’s 60-meter hurdles in 8.00.