In his first indoor race as a professional, 800m NCAA indoor and outdoor champion Bryce Hoppel caught Britain’s Jake Wightman on the line to take the victory in 2:17.41. More national records tumbled in the men’s 1000m and the women’s two miles. Klosterhalfen finished closely behind in 4:04.38 with Ireland’s Ciara Mageean bettering her own national indoor record set here last year by half a second for third. Tucked in behind was Hull, who with less than 50 meters to go outkicked her training partner to produce one of the biggest upsets of the night and take the victory in a national record 4:04.14. Germany’s world bronze medalist Konstanze Klosterhalfen said in the pre-meet press conference she wanted to race hard and pushed the pace early on. While Brazier and Ali were favourites coming into the meet, one athlete who managed to upstage a medalist from the Doha World Athletics Championships was Australia’s Jessica Hull. The American already looked sharp in the heats and secured the win in the final over world indoor silver medalist Christina Clemons in 7.94 to 7.98. I’ve run at Boston’s Reggie Lewis four years straight now and I’ve come out with four wins in a row – so might as well just keep coming back.”Īnother world champion from Doha showing great form in her season opener was Nia Ali in the women’s 60m hurdles. This is my tradition so far while being a professional. His winning time is the second fastest ever recorded over the distance indoors – with Brazier himself having set the world best of 1:13.77 last winter.Ĭommenting on his winning streak in Boston, he said: “It feels great. BOSTON – As the 2020 World Athletics Indoor Tour got underway in Boston on Saturday night (25), World Champion Donavan Brazier continued his annual tradition of topping the podium at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix.īrazier obliterated the 600m field in 1:14.39, nearly six seconds ahead of second placed Michael Stigler.
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