Texas teen claims youngest-ever indoor 800m world title
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Texas 17-year-old Cooper Lutkenhaus won the 800m at the World Indoor Championships in 1:44.24, becoming the youngest indoor world champion and finishing 0.14 seconds ahead of Belgium’s Eliott Crestan. The previous record was held by Mohammed Aman (18 years, 61 days in 2012). Lutkenhaus said his late surge stemmed from confidence, while Crestan praised his acceleration and suggested Lutkenhaus could be the future, as the USA led the medal table with six golds.
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- US high school student Cooper Lutkenhaus wins 800m to become youngest ever indoor world champion The Guardian
- Cooper Lutkenhaus becomes the youngest individual track and field world champion NBC Sports
- Cooper Lutkenhaus, 17, becomes youngest-ever world indoor medalist with 800m gold - The Athletic The New York Times
- North Texas highschool student is the world indoor champion in the 800 at age 17 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
- Teenager Lutkenhaus makes history with world indoor 800m win in Kujawy Pomorze worldathletics.org
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