At the meeting in Toruń, Mäki broke the long-standing Czech record for one mile

After the unfinished 15th race at the Czech Indoor Gala in Ostrava, Mäki competed on a slightly longer track this time. “After minor problems, I’m satisfied with today’s performance. It’s still not the same, but compared to the meeting in Ostrava, I felt stronger. The fact that I got it and I can barely walk, I’m absolutely thrilled with the record,” said the finalist of the Olympic Games in a press release in Tokyo.

She finished sixth, well behind winner Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia, who ran the second-fastest mile in history. The goal was completed in 4:16.16. Only her compatriot Genzebe Dibaba was faster seven years ago with a world record of 4:13.31. Like Mäki, Sasínek (3:38.74) was sixth in the fifteenth.

Another Thursday, Vondrová ran under 52 seconds. Again, only Lieke Klaverová beat her. With a time of 51.91 seconds, the Czech representative was 34 hundredths behind the fresh personal record from the Czech Indoor Gala, and this time she lost to the Dutch runner by 77 hundredths.

Petr Svoboda did not win the short hurdles. The 38-year-old sprinter ran his slowest time in the final this season, finishing fifth in 7.67 seconds. American Daniel Roberts won (7.46).

The best performances of this indoor season were shown by the British half-distance runner Keely Hodgkinsonová (1:57.87) and the Greek long-distance runner Miltiadis Tentoglu (840 cm).