This 18-Year-Old Kid Just DESTROYED 1500m!

Phanuel Koech just rewrote the future of middle-distance running — and he’s only 18 years old. In front of 60,000 fans at the London Diamond League, Koech stunned the world by clocking 3:28.82, beating Olympic medalists, smashing the meet record, and leaving Josh Kerr and Jake Wightman in the dust.

Koech ran 3:27.72 in Paris — a World U20 Record, faster than Jakob Ingebrigtsen at the same age, and just 1.72 seconds off Hicham El Guerrouj’s world record. From Uasin Gishu County to global headlines, Phanuel Koech has gone from a Kenyan schoolboy to the most talked-about teen in track and field.

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