Ratified: world records for Fisher, Koech and Beacroft
Men’s 5000m short track12:44.09 Grant Fisher (USA) Boston, 14 February 2025
Men’s U20 1500m3:27.72 Phanuel Koech (KEN) Paris, 20 June 2025
Men’s U20 10,000m race walk38:02.68 Isaac Beacroft (AUS) Sydney, 11 December 2025
The world 5000m short track record of 12:44.09 set by USA’s Grant Fisher in Boston on 14 February 2025 has been ratified by World Athletics.
Two world U20 records – the 1500m mark by Kenya’s Phanuel Koech in Paris in June and the 10,000m race walk performance by Australia’s Isaac Beacroft in Sydney in December – have also been ratified.
The world 5000m short track record at the BU David Hemery Valentine International came less than a week after Fisher broke the world 3000m short track record in New York. After passing 3000m in 7:39.16 – a comfortable 16 seco...
