After today’s New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, the iconic kenenisabekele_42 is no longer a world record holder in any track event. Here’s how long his records lasted: Men’s Indoor 2 Mile – 7 years and 5 days until sirmofarah broke it in 8:03.40 at the Birmingham Grand Prix in Feb. 2015 Men’s 5000m – 16 years, 2 months, and 15 days until joshuacheptegei broke it in 12:35.36 at the Monaco Diamond League in Aug. 2020 Men’s 10,000m – 15 years, 1 month, and 11 days until Joshua Cheptegei broke it in 26:11.00 at the NN World Record Day in Valencia in Oct. 2020 Men’s Indoor 5000m – 20 years, 11 months, and 25 days until grantfisher_ broke it in 12:44.09 at Boston University last February. Men’s Indoor 2000m – 18 years, 11 months, and 7 days until hobbs_kessler broke it in 4:48.79 at the 2026 NB Indoor Grand Prix. Records are temporary. Gold medals are forever. 🥇