Kejelcha came within hundredth of a second of Hicham El Guerrouj's world indoor mile record on 9 February 2019 at the Millrose Games. He ran a personal best of 12:46.79, making him the seventh-fastest runner ever in the event. On 31 August, he placed third in the 5000 m at the Diamond League Brussels Final. On 27 August, Kejelcha won the event at the Diamond League Paris meet in a new world U20 record of 7:28.19.Īt the European Athletics Outdoor Classic Permit Meeting in Sweden on 18 August 2018, Kejelcha won the 3000 m with a time of 7:28.00. He started 2016 by winning the gold in the 3000 metres at the World Indoor Championships in Portland, Oregon. ![]() On 11 September 2015, Kejelcha competed in the event at the Brussels Diamond League, setting a new personal best and world-leading time of 12:53.98. Yomif scored his first Diamond League victory the following week at the Golden Gala in Rome, winning 5000 m in a world-leading 12:58.39 and breaking 13 minutes for the first time. ![]() He then won a non-Diamond Race 5000 m event at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, improving his personal best to 13:10.54 and outkicking Edwin Soi and Galen Rupp. He made his IAAF Diamond League debut in Doha, placing fifth in the 3000 m. Yomif opened his 2015 season at the African Junior Championships in Addis Ababa, winning the 5000 m in a time of 14:31.03. He finished 2014 as the world youth leader at both the 30 metres, and world junior leader at 3000 metres. He also won gold in the 3000 m at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing later that summer. Yomif won the 5000 metres at the World Junior Championships held in July in Eugene, Oregon that year, running 13:25.19. In June 2014, he placed second over 3000 m in 7:36.28 at the Ostrava Golden Spike elite meeting, losing only to Kenya's Caleb Ndiku he defeated 2008 Olympic medallist Nick Willis and former world champion Bernard Lagat. Yomif Kejelcha made his international debut at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Donetsk, winning gold in the boys' 3000 metres with a time of 7:53.56. He was the 2013 World Youth 3000 m champion and 2014 World Junior 5000 m gold medallist. Kejelcha is the world indoor record holder for the mile with a time of 3:47.01, set on 3 March 2019 in Boston. He won the silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships and gold medals for the 3000 metres at the 20 World Indoor Championships. Chopra made history by being the first Indian to take home an individual Olympic medal in athletics with his gold in Tokyo in 2021.įollow InsideSport on GOOGLE NEWS / Follow sports NEWS & LIVE updates with InsideSport.Yomif Kejelcha Atomsa (born 1 August 1997) is an Ethiopian distance runner. Along with the Diamond League Finals and the Asian Games, there are also the World Championships (August 19–27) in Budapest, Hungary, which are the main competition this year. The 25-year-old completed a flawless season by winning the Doha Diamond League on May 5 with a throw of 88.67 metres. On June 27, he is also set to compete in a competition at the Golden Spike Ostrava in the Czech Republic. The 25-year-old also skipped the just-completed National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar. The gold medalist from revealed last month on Twitter that he had strained a muscle while training and had withdrawn from the FBK Games in the Netherlands (June 4) and the Paavo Nurmi meet in Finland (June 13) out of caution. Will we see him throw beyond 90 meters for the first time? /Ftfla26vRl- Hope James Thole June 21, 2023 ![]() Happy to report that India's biggest sports star, Neeraj Chopra, will be in Lausanne for the javelin throw.
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