Kieran Lumb finishes fifth in his section of 1500m at Ostrava Golden Spike...
In Ostrava, Czech Republic, Washington alum Kieran Lumb (Paul Merca photo) finished fifth in the B section of the men's 1500 at the Ostrava Golden Spike meet Tuesday evening at Mestský Stadion.
Lumb was in a very tight group going into the bell, with eight other athletes, but managed to hang on, running a 56.84 final 400 to finish in 3:36.14.
Jose Carlos Pinto of Portugal won the section in 3:34.19.
In the top section of the men's 1500, former Husky Sam Tanner finished 14th.
Tanner finished in 3:40.02, as four men, led by Kenyan teenage sensation Phanuel Koech showed that his recent world U20 1500m record of 3:27.72, set four days ago in Paris in just his second ever race at the distance, was no fluke.
The 18-year-old ran away from a quality field in Ostrava to win in a meeting record of 3:29.05, followed home by Portugal’s Isaac Nader (3:29.37), world indoor 800m champion Josh Hoey from the USA (3:29.75) and Australian teenager Cameron Myers, whose 3:29.80 clocking is an Oceanian U20 record.
Besides Koech's victory, Sweden's Mondo Duplantis took an impressive win in this World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet, taking the pole vault with a meet record 20-1.5 (6.13m).
FAITH KIPYEGON TO TAKE A MOON SHOT AT SUB-4 MINUTE MILE IN PARIS THURSDAY...
Much like Eliud Kipchoge's attempt to break two hours in the marathon in 2017 in Monza, Italy, where he ran 2:00.25, and his breakthrough in Vienna two years later, when he ran 1:59:40 with the help of pacers and the latest in athletic shoe and apparel technology, Nike is staging Breaking 4, an attempt to break 4 minutes in the mile by three-time Olympic champion at 1500 meters, and three-time world champion at the same distance Faith Kipyegon (photo courtesy Nike) of Kenya Thursday at the Stade Charléty in Paris, just days after the same venue hosted the Wanda Diamond League meet.
Kipyegon, already the world record holder in the mile, is pursuing a feat that was once considered an insurmountable limitation and has, until now, remained beyond the reach of the world’s most elite women athletes. She will attempt to shave at least 7.65 seconds off her personal best of 4:07.64, set in 2023, to become the first woman to break the threshold Roger Bannister first surpassed roughly 70 years ago.
She will receive help from a series of pacers. She’ll wear super spikes (the Victory Elite FK), featuring a taller, tuned forefoot Air Zoom unit, a lighter carbon outsole plate with six spikes, and a new upper made from ultra-lightweight yarns; a “one-of-one” 3D-printed sports bra made from thermoplastic polyurethane and an aerodynamic “fly suit” with arm and leg sleeves, a headband and “aeronodes” designed to reduce drag, the company said in a news release.
The event will be streamed live on both Prime Video and Nike’s YouTube channel at 10:15 a.m. PT on June 26 (as well as on Nike’s Instagram, TikTok and Douyin accounts). The first of a two-part docuseries about Kipyegon’s training and life in Kenya premiered June 20 on Prime Video, while the second part will drop in July after the time trial.
NOTE: The Ostrava Golden Spike, World Athletics and Nike media relations contributed to this report.
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