Overview
- The 26-year-old clipped 0.17 seconds off Kipketer’s 1:42.67, a mark that had stood for more than 28 years.
- Paced by his brother, Hoey hit 200m in 24.81, 400m in 50.21, and 600m in 1:16.19 before pulling away to win by over two seconds.
- Poland’s Filip Ostrowski finished second in 1:44.68, and the Netherlands’ Ryan Clarke took third with a national record of 1:44.72.
- The performance extends Hoey’s indoor surge following a 1:43.24 North American record in New York last year and a 600m short-track world best set in Boston in December.
- Earlier at the meet, American Hobbs Kessler ran a 2000m short-track world best of 4:48.79, with Grant Fisher also finishing under the previous record in 4:49.48.