{"id":8363,"date":"2026-01-25T07:48:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T00:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/?p=8363"},"modified":"2026-01-25T07:48:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T00:48:44","slug":"hoey-breaks-world-800m-short-track-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/hoey-breaks-world-800m-short-track-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoey breaks world 800m short track record"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Josh Hoey had said he was excited to take a shot at the world 800m short track record in Boston and he was right on target as he clocked 1:42.50 to improve the 28-year-old mark at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix \u2013 the first World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seven weeks on from setting a world 600m short track best, also in Boston, the US world indoor champion made more history as he took 0.17 off the world record of 1:42.67 set by Wilson Kipketer at the World Indoor Championships in Paris in 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hoey went into the race as the second-fastest indoor 800m runner of all time thanks to the North American record of 1:43.24 he ran at the US Indoor Championships in New York last year. But paced by his brother Jaxson, he leapt to the top of that all-time list, winning the race by more than two seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jaxson led his brother through the first 200m in 24.81 before 400m was reached in 50.21. Jaxson then stepped aside and Josh passed 600m in 1:16.19, holding on to cross the finish line in 1:42.50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We did a lot of pacing work,” said Josh, reflecting on his preparations for the race. “Just kind of kept steadily improving, taking it week by week, block by block, and we were able to make
this work.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A world best had been set earlier in the programme, USA\u2019s 2024 world indoor 1500m bronze medallist Hobbs Kessler clocking 4:48.79 to break the 2000m short track world best of 4:49.99 set by Kenenisa Bekele almost 19 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

World short track 3000m record-holder Grant Fisher also dipped under the old world best, finishing second in 4:49.48.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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