The world report within the indoor mile belonged to Olympic bronze medallist Yared Nuguse for a mere 5 days. On Thursday, on the Indoor Assembly Lievin in Lievin, France, Norwegian star Jakob Ingebrigtsen clocked 3:45.14 to smash Nuguse’s time by practically 1.5 seconds, including a fifth world report to his resume. And to prime it off, his 3:29.63 cut up at 1,500m broke his personal 1,500m indoor world report from 2022.
New King of the Indoor Mile 👑
🇳🇴’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen takes down the indoor mile world report with 3:45.14 in Liévin 🔥
He shaves 1.49 seconds off Yared Nuguse’s mark from final weekend 😤
He additionally breaks the 1500m WR clocking in at 3:29.63 🤯#WorldIndoorTour pic.twitter.com/gAY6YhF952
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) February 13, 2025
The highly-anticipated race marked Ingebrigtsen’s first-ever indoor mile. In a packed stadium, the 24-year-old headed into the ultimate lap with a commanding lead; WaveLight expertise marking the trail of Nuguse’s world-record efficiency trailed behind him. Ingebrigtsen handed the 1,500m en-route practically two seconds faster than the American had 5 days earlier, and received the race by greater than seven seconds.
World report breaker 😤
He mentioned he would, so he did.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen breaks the indoor mile world report on the @Meeting_Lievin 💪
Livestream 🔗 https://t.co/k3AsUpve43#WorldIndoorTour pic.twitter.com/nIHzJtdOij
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) February 13, 2025
Dutch runner Stefan Nillessen claimed second in 3:52.70, setting a nationwide report for the Netherlands. Eire’s Cathal Doyle rounded out the rostrum, working a season’s finest of three:53.14.
