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- Grant Fisher, who owns American records in the outdoor 5,000 and 10,000 meters, will take part in a indoor 3,000-meter world record attempt on February 15 in Liévin, France.
- Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Gudaf Tsegay will also attempt to break the men’s and women’s indoor 1500-meter records, respectively.
- The Meeting International de Liévin will livestream on FloTrack.
In case you missed all of 2022, here’s a recap: 25-year-old Grant Fisher has grown into one of the best distance runners in the world.
On February 12, 2022, at Boston University, he blitzed a 12:53.73 to best Galen Rupp’s 13:01.26 from 2014. That was just the beginning—in March 2022, he stole Rupp’s 10,000-meter American record, too.
Though Fisher was unable to medal in either the 10,000 meters or 5,000 meters at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in July, his respective fourth- and sixth-place finish showed that podiums should be in his future. And, such misses likely fueled the 7:28.48 3,000-meter and 12:46.96 5,000-meter American records he ran later that summer.
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But his former training partner Woody Kincaid usurped the indoor 5,000-meter American record this season, and Yared Nuguse’s recent 7:28.24 indoor American record bettered Fisher’s 3,000-meter outdoor record. So what does that mean for 2023 Grant Fisher?
Well, the stakes are higher. American records are snapping left and right. In his first meet of the indoor season, the World Athletic Indoor Tour Gold’s Meeting International de Liévin in France on February 15, Fisher takes on a loaded 3,000-meter field with a bigger goal in mind—a potential world record. He’ll line up against Olympic silver medalist Lamecha Girma and world silver medalist Jacob Krop, both of whom want to take down Daniel Komen’s 7:24.90 world-record time from 1998.
Considering that he broke an American record in his season opener last year, Fisher should be able to run faster than Nuguse did a few weeks ago. But breaking a world record that’s four seconds faster than his personal best? That might be more of a challenge for him.
In addition to the 3,000-meter action, Meeting International de Liévin billed the men’s and women’s 1,500-meter races as record-chases. Olympic gold medalist Jakob Ingebrigtsen will chase his own world record set last year, while Gudaf Tsegay attempts to best her own from 2021.
Chris Hatler is a writer and editor based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but before joining Runner’s World and Bicycling, he was a pro runner for Diadora, qualifying for multiple U.S. Championships in the 1500 meters. At his alma mater the University of Pennsylvania, Chris was a multiple-time Ivy League conference champion and sub-4 minute miler.
