Ethiopia's Girma breaks world indoor 3,000m record in Lievin
LIEVIN, France, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopian Lamecha Girma broke the 25-year-old world indoor 3,000m record on Wednesday at the Lievin leg of the World Athletics Indoor Tour.
Tokyo Olympics 3,000m steeplechase silver medalist Girma clocked seven minutes and 23.81 seconds in Lievin to crown the men's 3,000m, breaking Kenyan Daniel Komen's old record of 7:24.90 in 1998.
Spain's Mohamed Katir finished secon