Ayanleh Souleiman sets world record for indoor 1,000-meters

By foxsports
Updated Mar. 4, 2020 10:04 p.m. ET

STOCKHOLM (AP) Djibouti's Ayanleh Souleiman set a world indoor record for the 1,000 meters on Wednesday at the IAAF World Indoor Tour meet in Stockholm.

Souleiman, the world indoor 1,500-meter champion, clocked 2 hours, 14minutes, 20 seconds.

The previous record of 2:14.96 had been set by Denmark's Wilson Kipketer in 2000.

Souleiman's time still needs to be ratified by the ruling IAAF,

Further record attempts were scheduled later Wednesday, with Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia aiming for the indoor mile record and Qatar's Abdalelah Haroun going for the world indoor best in the 500 meters.