Adel Mechaal, who happened last week Spanish champion in the 3,000mHe placed second in the race of 1,500 people. Birmingham (United Kingdom), inside The seventh and final stop of the World Athletics indoor track gold trackand did it with 3:33.28Spanish record for indoor distance.
Catalan athlete competed alone in England Three days after he did so at the Madrid Meeting (3:34.82), where he was third behind the Americas. Yared Nuguse and Mohamed Katir are less than a week away from joining the Europeans in Istanbul (Turkey), where they will run 3,000.
mechaal He decided to run in Birmingham to take advantage of his beautiful sporting moment.He completed an excellent race despite the pile of competitions and lacking only the British win. Neil Gourley With 3:32.48 and that was a British record.
With a time of 3:33.28, Mechaal broke Andrés Díaz’s Spanish record of 1,500 indoor circuits, held since 1999.
Andrew Coscoran becomes third Irishman in the Birmingham raceHe stopped the clock at 3:33:49.