Kenya sets world record in 4×1,500, beating 32-year old mark of West Germany
By APFriday, September 4, 2009
Kenya sets world record in 4×1,500
BRUSSELS — A Kenyan quartet beat the oldest world record in track, eclipsing the 32-year-old 4×1,500 meter mark of West Germany.
William Biwott, Gideon Gathimba, Geoffrey Rono and Augustine Choge set a time of 14 minutes 36.23 seconds at the Van Damme Memorial on Friday. It’s more than 2½ seconds within the old record of 14:38.8 set by the West Germans in 1977.
The relay is never run at major championships and very rarely at big meets like the Golden League.
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