Ethiopia’s Girma sets indoor world record in 3,000m

LIEVIN, France (AP) — Ethiopia’s Lamecha Girma has broken a 25-year-old indoor world record in the 3,000 meters at the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais. Girma covered the distance in 7 minutes, 23.81 seconds at the World Athletics event. The previous record of 7:24.90 was set by Kenya’s Daniel Komen in Budapest in 1998. Spain’s Mohamed Katir ran faster than the previous record, too, and finished second behind Girma in a European record of 7:24.68. Girma won the silver medal in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Tokyo Olympics.