Another world record for Fisher

Less than a week after he took apart the world indoor 3000m record in New York, USA's Grant Fisher added another world indoor record to his tally, this time over 5000m at the BU David Hemery Valentine International in Boston on Friday 14 February.

The double Olympic bronze medalist dropped Jimmy Gressier just after the halfway point and continued to extend his lead throughout the second half.

After passing 3000m in 7:39.16 - a comfortable 16 seconds outside the world indoor record of 7:22.91 he clocked last Saturday - Fisher continued to churn out sub-31-second laps.

“I came here wanting to get the record and I had two great pacers who brought me as far as I needed. It was not an easy race. In the end, I was going as hard as possible, and coming off the 3000m race I didn’t know how my body would feel. This is unexpected but a great way to start my season,” he said after his feat.

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After covering the final 400m in 59.36 seconds, Fisher charged through the line in 12:44.09, a five-second improvement on the previous world indoor record of 12:49.60 set by Kenenisa Bekele in 2004.

Gressier held on for second place in 12:54.92, a European indoor record and outright French record.

The 27-year-old won Olympic bronze medals at 5000m and 10,000m in Paris last year but has moved on to a new level in 2025.

At the Millrose Games, he out-kicked Olympic 1500m champion Cole Hocker as both men went inside Lamecha Girma’s world record of 7:23.81 and now in Boston, he has taken five seconds off a world record set when he was six.

Racing on a Boston track that has earned a reputation as a hotbed for fast times, Fisher clocked kilometer splits of 2:31, 2:34, 2:33, 2:33, and 2:31 on his way to the record.