Gebrselassie Betters Record

Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia broke his world indoor record in the 3,000 meters by more than four seconds with a time of 7 minutes, 26.14 seconds at the Karlsruhe Indoor meet in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Sergei Bubka won a pole vault competition he organized in his hometown of Donetsk, Ukraine, but failed in three attempts to break his world record of 20 feet, 2 inches. He won with a vault of 19 feet, one-half inch.