The men’s mile lived up to its status as the most wide-open event of the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Riga as Kessler took a surprising victory.
In a close and frantic finish with the first nine men placing within two seconds of one another, Elson took an equally surprising silver in a PB of 3:56.41, finishing just 0.02 ahead of former world record-holder Prakel, who took bronze.
Kenya’s world U20 mile record-holder Reynold Kipkorir Cheruiyot led during the early stages, but the teenager was eventually caught by the rest of the field. With the finish in sight, Kessler positioned himself at the front of the large lead pack with Prakel close behind.
Elson started to charge on the other side, but neither could catch the former US high school phenomenon, who broke the tape in 3:56.13, taking five seconds off the previous world record set by Prakel earlier this year.
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