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Ayanleh Souleiman breaks world indoor mile in Stockholm

By AP

Wednesday 17 February 2016 21:09, UK

Ayanleh Souleiman (L) celebrates
Image: Ayanleh Souleiman beat the previous record held by Wilson Kipketer

Djibouti's Ayanleh Souleiman set a world indoor record for the 1,000 metres on Wednesday at the IAAF World Indoor Tour meet in Stockholm.

Souleiman, the world indoor 1,500-metre champion, clocked two minutes, 14 seconds, 20 hundredths of a second.

The previous record of 2:14.96 had been set by Denmark's Wilson Kipketer in 2000.

Souleiman's time still needs to be ratified by the ruling IAAF. 

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Further record attempts were scheduled later on Wednesday, with Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia aiming for the indoor mile record and Qatar's Abdalelah Haroun going for the world indoor best in the 500 metres. 

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