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The world indoor 1500m record set by Jakob Ingebrigtsen at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Lievin in February has been ratified. Running 3:30.60 at the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais on February 17, Norway’s Olympic champion took almost half a second off the previous record of 3:31.04 that had been run by Ethiopia’s Samuel Tefera in Birmingham on February 16, 2019. Paced by Julien Ranc, and then Erik Sowinski, Ingebrigtsen passed through 600m in 1:24.66 and 800m in 1:52.86. He reached 1000m in 2:20.98, bang on target, and then started to pick up the pace for the final two…